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<body background="_themes/earthdyn2/stonbk.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#003399" vlink="#800000" alink="#666666"><font face="Arial"> <p align="left" style="margin-top: -10; margin-bottom: 0"> <img border="0" src="_borders/logo3.jpg" align="left" width="66" height="87"><font size="7" color="#0000FF"><b><i> </i></b></font><b><i><font size="7" color="#0000FF">EARTH DYNAMICS</font></i></b></p> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; float:right; position:absolute; left:734; top:-2" width="334" height="93" align="right"> <tr> <td width="334" height="68" valign="top"><font face="Arial"> <p style="margin-bottom: -15" align="center"><b><font color="#0000FF">Providing Consulting Services To</font></b></p> <p align="center"> <b> <font color="#0000FF">The Pacific Northwest Since 1984</font></b></p> <p align="center"> <b>503-227-7659</b></p> </font></td> </tr> </table><font face="Arial"> <blockquote> <p style="margin-top: -15; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"> <b> <font size="4" color="#0000FF">  </font>       Geophysics ● Vibration & Noise ● Rock Mechanics</b></p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p align="center"> <script language="JavaScript"></script><script language="JavaScript"></script><a href="index.htm" language="JavaScript" onmouseover="if(MSFPhover) document['MSFPnav1'].src=MSFPnav1h.src" onmouseout="if(MSFPhover) document['MSFPnav1'].src=MSFPnav1n.src" target="_top"><img src="_derived/home_cmp_ed-mainpage010_hbtn.gif" width="144" height="46" border="0" alt="Home" align="middle" name="MSFPnav1"></a> <script language="JavaScript"></script><a href="Geophysical_Methods.htm" language="JavaScript" onmouseover="if(MSFPhover) document['MSFPnav2'].src=MSFPnav2h.src" onmouseout="if(MSFPhover) document['MSFPnav2'].src=MSFPnav2n.src" target="_top"><img src="_derived/Geophysical_Methods.htm_cmp_ed-mainpage010_hbtn.gif" width="144" height="46" border="0" alt="Geophysical Methods" align="middle" name="MSFPnav2"></a> 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src="_themes/earthdyn2/hline.gif" width="600" height="10"></p> <blockquote> <b> <div align="center"> <center> <p><font size="4">APPLICATIONS</font></p> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="95%"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Arial"><b> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><i> <font size="4">Earth Dynamics</font></i> caters to those in need of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Vibration and Acoustic Analysis, and Rock Mechanics.  Applications of <i> <font size="4">Earth Dynamics'</font></i> services include, but are not limited to, the following:</p> <p><u><a href="Geophysical_Methods.htm">Engineering Geophysics:</a></u></p> </b> <blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Locating voids and caverns</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Locating underground utilities and pipes</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Examine condition of brick, masonry and concrete structures</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Examine condition of sub-grades beneath roads, railroad tracks, and runways</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Locating<font face="Arial" size="3"> rebar and cables in concrete</font></i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Mapping Bedrock topography</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i><font size="3">Locating seepage through dams</font></i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i><font size="3">Determination of stratigraphy</font></i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i><font size="3">Groundwater exploration </font></i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Mineral resource exploration</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Sand, gravel, and hard rock resource exploration</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Locating buried magnetic objects</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Determine compressional and shear wave velocity versus depth</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Detecting shallow faults and fracture zones</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Detecting large boulders</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Estimating rippability</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Monitoring time-varying changes in elastic properties</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Determining liquefaction potential</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Determining soil compaction</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Determining subsurface geology</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i><font size="3">Planning grounding grids</font></i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Determine basin geometry</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Evaluation of drilled shafts</i></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Arial"> </blockquote> <b> <p><u><a href="Geophysical_Methods.htm">Environmental Geophysics:</a></u></p> </b> <blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Mapping contaminant plumes</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Locating archaeological sites</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Determining depth to the water table</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i><font size="3">Locating leakage from landfills</font></i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Delineating perched water tables</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) detection</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Underground Storage Tank (UST) detection</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Locating buried landfills and trenches</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Determing extent of leachate plumes</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Location of underground streams</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Forensics investigations</i></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Arial"> </blockquote> <b> <p><u><a href="Vibration_&_Acoustic.htm">Vibration and Noise Monitoring:</a></u></p> </b> <blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Environmental Impact Studies</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Vibration Monitoring </i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Noise Monitoring</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Vibration Analysis</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Acoustic Analysis</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Mechanical Equipment Evaluation</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Preventative Maintenance Programs</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Vibration and Acoustic Isolation Design</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Blast Design </i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Pre-Construction and Pre-Blast Surveys</i></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Arial"> </blockquote> <font face="Arial"> <p><b><u><a href="Rock_Mechanics.htm">Rock Mechanics:</a></u></b></p> </font> <blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Uniaxial Compressive Strength</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Direct and Triaxial Shear Strength</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Direct and Indirect Tensile Strength</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Dynamic & Static Elastic Moduli</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Thermal Expansion, Conductivity and Diffusivity </i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Bulk and Grain Density </i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Moisture Content </i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td 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