In this classical description of a hydrogeological Conceptual Model, Tom makes use of litho-facies correlation to understand a complex setting.
The site is a US Air Force base in Charleston, South Carolina, with a long history of military development and use. It is characterized by the transgressive evolution of a Barrier Island System, crossed by the Cooper River and its tributaries.
Tom is a hydrogeologist with AECOM in Greenville, South Carolina. He has 35 years experience, which includes, water-resource development, groundwater remediation, and flow and transport modelling, with an ample amount of hands-on drilling and field experience.
In the past few years, he has focused on developing conceptual geological and hydrogeological models, often to support numerical models.