Greg Olyphant is currently involved in a project concerning acid mine drainage, erosion and sediment transport near abandoned coal mines and the movement of water in the unsaturated zone. Krothe is presently involved in groundwater contamination studies for Westinghouse Electric Corporation and the Naval Weapons Support Center, Crane. Professors Jeffrey White and Noel Krothe have laboratories for water analyses which contain a wide suite of instruments for aqueous analytical chemistry including an ion chromatograph, spectroflueoropho-tometer and an atomic absorption spectrometer. They also make routine use of the stable isotope and ICP laboratories maintained by the Department. Laboratories for detailed analyses of soils and unconsolidated sediments are available in the Department and Indiana Geological Survey.
Instrumentation is available for field studies of wind, stream flow, and sediment transport.
The Department also has a machine shop for construction of custom equipment and installations used for monitoring surficial processes.