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Student Chapters Activities First Applied Geophysics Summer School SEGCICESE 2021
geosciences, allowing students to learn geophysical
By Ana Lucía Ramos Barreto The 2020 Student Chapter SEG-CICESE General Committee applied to the SEG Field Camp Program with the project titled “Applied Geophysics Summer School SEG-CICESE 2021”. As a team, our dream started back in the last months of 2020 when we were working on the project proposal beside the Christmas celebrations. After several modifications, the project was finally submitted, which would be evaluated along with other projects around the world. After a short wait, early in April of 2021, we received the results: Our project was selected, and the dream came true!
Dr. Diego Ruiz and students acquiring an AMT sounding.
The Applied Geophysics Summer School SEGCICESE 2021, considered the first Summer School of Geophysics in Mexico, was held in Ensenada, Baja California, between the 23rd of August and 3th of September. The purpose was to obtain an updated subsoil model using different geophysical techniques to assess the current groundwater availability in the Ojos Negros Valley (located at 40 km of Ensenada City), which has been affected in the last decades by over-irrigation of crops and human consumption. The Summer School accepted twelve students, three graduate students from the Earth Science Graduate Program at CICESE. The remaining nine were undergraduate students. They belong to universities from different states of Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Puebla, Mexico City, Tamaulipas, and Tabasco) that do not have the geophysical equipment to complement their degree studies related to
Visualization of 2D seismic data model for the study area.
techniques. During those eleven days, participants received hands-on experience with theoretical background, acquiring, processing, and analyzing the three geophysical methods; electrical, electromagnetic, and seismic. For students, this experience beyond regular indoor class reinforces their scientific knowledge and the sense that science results from a sum of both individual and team efforts. Efforts that must continue to expand in order to satisfy and benefit our society. The success of this Summer School is the result of the effort of an incredible team: the Ph.D. students Beatriz Valdés Moreno, Ana L. Ramos Barreto, and Juan G. Peña Dominguez. Also we thank Dr. Diego Ruiz Aguilar (leader of the project); Lecturers, Dr. Carlos F. Flores Luna, Dr. Jose Manuel Romo Jones, Dr. Mario Gonźalez Escobar, Dr. Marco A. Pérez Flores, Dr. Luis A. Gallardo Delgado, and all staff members to make this project possible.
Participants of Applied Geophysics Summer School SEGCICESE 2021 (The face-mask was only removed for the photo)
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