Picture: breakfast with cereals in the livingroom, breakfast with cereals in the sun
After the calibration of the EC meter, we took our dirty car with a couple of bumps to go to our fieldwork area (for the insiders: west-side). When you take some time in the morning for a good preparation, the more fun you have in the field, and the better the results.
Picture: titration in the field, calibrating the EC meter in the morning
In the field, we had to finish our hydrochemistry. This is a very accurate job, the less bubbles, the better the result. A small air bubble can be enough to ruin your sample and sometimes even your day.
Picture: bubble of air, lunch in Montouro
After the break (as always in Montouro), we decided to install a piezometer, "just for fun”. Maarten and Vincent joined us in the field, with the big blue “DIKS” van. First, we investigated the dipping of the geology in the area. Then we made a hole using the auger and installed the “VU 26” piezometer. It was the first time that a piezometer was installed perpendicular to the dipping of the layers (angle of 7.36°). In the afternoon we went to a pine forest (gândara do pinheiro) for an EM-34 sounding and profile, to be able to estimate the thickness of the aquifer in this area. During the measurements, two very small inhabitants of the forest were curious about what we were doing.
Pictures: “el gatito”
It was very hard to leave in the end, they were so cute!! But as el gatito refused to jump through the hoop, we said goodbye and went home.
Thanks to our mums,
Andres P.
Harmen vd B.
Reinert K.
Rutger B.
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