Exploration Services develops and uses several techniques to provide information about the subsurface, working to come up with less expensive, less invasive methods of providing images of the underground. This includes innovative methods of high resolution shallow seismic reflection. The section also provides drilling in support of water, petroleum, and basic subsurface research. An active program in the maintenance and rehabilitation of wells drilled by the Kansas Geological Survey is also part of this section.
This section also runs a program designed to monitor changes and identify regional trends in the High Plains, Dakota, and alluvial aquifers. The Water Well Project annually measures about 1,380 wells in 47 central and western Kansas counties.
In addition, as part of their work, this section has developed WinSeis and SurfSeis software for processing data generated by seismic reflection and for monitoring wells in Kansas.
State of Kansas Seismic Action Plan from the Induced Seismicity State Task Force available from the Kansas Corporation Commission.
New Online
- KGS Open-file Report 2023-20
- Passive Seismic Characterization of High Priority Salt Jugs in Hutchinson, Kansas: November 2021, by Erik P. Knippel, Julian Ivanov, Shelby L. Peterie, Richard D. Miller, Brett C. Bennett, Brett Wedel, Connor Umbrell, Olivia Jones, and Anthony Hoch
- KGS Open-file Report 2023-19
- Report on Feasibility Study of Regional Arbuckle Properties in South-Central Kansas: Now and Planning for the Future, by Shelby Peterie, David Newell, Rick Miller, and Rolfe Mandel
- KGS Open-file Report 2023-18
- Time Lapse, High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Imaging (Line 1) of a Void in the Hutchinson Salt Beneath #1 Knackstedt Disposal Well, McPherson County, Kansas, by Rick Miller, Shelby Peterie, Dmitry Borisov, and Julian Ivanov
- KGS Open-file Report 2020-3
- 2020 Water-Level Data Acquisition Statistics, by Brett Bennett and Mary Brohammer
- Nov. 27, 2018—Kansas Geological Survey Links Wastewater Disposal and Distant Earthquakes
- KGS Open-file Report 2018-1
- 2017 Water Level Data Acquisition Statistics, by Brett Bennett and Mary Brohammer
- SurfSeis Version 6 Released
- MASW is the multichannel analysis of surface waves leading toward the analysis of shear wave velocities. We are currently shipping Version 6.