Last Updated 4/16/25

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This page is being updated as successive chapters

are completed.

Composite Videos (Entire Chapters) Total Duration = 106 Minutes (1.8 hours)

      (1) Introduction to RockWorks (19 Minutes)

      (2) Using RockWorks to View Raw Data (25 Minutes)

      (3) Creating Stratigraphic Models & Diagrams from Borehole Data (15 Minutes)

      (4) Creating Lithology Models & Diagrams from Borehole Data (9 Minutes)

      (5) Creating I-Data & P-Data Models & Diagrams (20 Minutes)

      (6) Working with Water Levels & T-Data in the Borehole Manager (10 Minutes)

      (7) Using the RockWorks Playlist (8 Minutes)

Individual Videos (Steps Within Chapters)

Video

PowerPoint

      (1) Introduction to RockWorks

RW_1.0.mp4

1.0.pptx

            1.1 Starting a New Project

RW_1.1.mp4

1.1.pptx

            1.2 Importing an Excel Workbook into the Borehole Manager

RW_1.2.mp4

1.2.pptx

            1.3 Setting the Project Dimensions

RW_1.3.mp4

1.3.pptx

            1.3.1 Using Google Earth to Verify Project Dimensions

 

 

            1.4 Lithology & Stratigraphy Types Tables

RW_1.4.mp4

1.4.pptx

      (2) Using RockWorks to View Raw Data – Introduction

RW_2.0.mp4

2.0.pptx

            2.1 Creating a Site Map of Your Project Area

RW_2.1.mp4

2.1.pptx

            2.2 Creating a Single Strip Log

RW_2.2.mp4

2.2.pptx

            2.3 Creating a Striplog Cross-Section

RW_2.3.mp4

2.3.pptx

            2.4 Creating a Striplog Profile

RW_2.4.mp4

2.3.pptx

            2.4.1 Sections versus Profiles

 

 

            2.5 Exporting Your Cross-Section to a DXF File

RW_2.5.mp4

2.5.pptx

            2.6 Creating 3D Views of Borehole Logs

RW_2.6.mp4

2.6.pptx

            2.7 Exploring Additional Options for Plotting P-Data & I-Data

RW_2.7.mp4

2.7.pptx

      (3) Creating Stratigraphic Models & Diagrams from Borehole Data

 

 

            3.1 Creating a Stratigraphic Model

RW_3.1.mp4

3.1.pptx

            3.2 Creating Modeled Stratigraphy Cross-Sections

RW_3.2.mp4

3.2.pptx

            3.3 Creating a Modeled Stratigraphy Fence Diagram

RW_3.3.mp4

3.3.pptx

            3.4 Creating 2D Contour Maps Depicting Stratigraphy

RW_3.4.mp4

3.4.pptx

            3.5 Creating a Stratigraphy Isopach Map Using Custom Colors

RW_3.5.mp4

3.5.pptx

      (4) Creating Lithology Models & Diagrams from Borehole Data

 

 

            4.1 Creating a Lithology Model

RW_4.1.mp4

4.1.pptx

            4.2 Creating a Lithology Fence Diagram

RW_4.2.mp4

4.2.pptx

            4.3 Experimenting with Different Lithology Modeling Options

RW_4.3.mp4

4.3.pptx

      (5) Creating I-Data & P-Data Models & Diagrams

 

 

            5.1 Creating a Solid Model Based on Interval Data (6 min)

RW_5.1.mp4

5.1.pptx

            5.2 Creating an I-Data Profile (3 min)

RW_5.2.mp4

5.2.pptx

            5.3 Creating a Solid Model Based on Point Data (3 min)

RW_5.3.mp4

5.3.pptx

            5.4 Creating a Fence Diagram Based on a P-Data Model (4 min)

RW_5.4.mp4

5.4.pptx

            5.5 Using a Custom Color Table to View a Benzene Model (4 min)

RW_5.5.mp4

5.5.pptx

      (6) Working with Water Levels and T-Data in the Borehole Manager

 

 

            6.1 Creating a Water Level Grid (3 min)

RW_6.1.mp4

6.1.pptx

            6.2 Creating a T-Data Model (4 min)

RW_6.2.mp4

6.2.pptx

            6.3 Creating Contour Maps of T-Data (3 min)

RW_6.3.mp4

6.3.pptx

      (7) Using the RockWorks Playlist

 

 

            7.0 Introduction (1 min)

RW_7.0.mp4

7.0.pptx

            7.1 Creating a New Playlist (3 min)

RW_7.1.mp4

7.1.pptx

            7.2 Adding Programs to a Playlist (4 min)

RW_7.2.mp4

7.2.pptx

      (8) Using the RockWorks Datasheet & the RockWorks Utilities

 

 

            8.0 The RockWorks Datasheet

 

8.0.pptx

            8.1 Creating a Point Map

 

8.1.pptx

            8.2 Creating a Grid-Based Map

 

 

            8.4 Creating a Pie-Chart Map

 

 

            8.7 Creating Piper & Stiff Diagrams

 

 

      (9) Grid & Solid Model Tools

 

 

            9.1 Using Grid Math to Create and Isopach Grid

 

 

            9.2 Determining the Volume of the Leadville Formation

 

 

            9.3 Isolating Highs & Lows Within a Grid

 

 

            9.4 Using the Grid Editor to Edit an Isopach Grid

 

 

            9.5 Viewing a Polygon Table

 

 

            9.6 Using the Polygon Table to Edit a Ground Surface Model

 

 

            9.7 Filtering a Solid Model with a Surface

 

 

      (10) Using Image, CAD, and GIS File within RockPlot3D

 

 

            10.1 Importing a DXF File into RockPlot2D & RockPlot3D

 

 

            10.2 Importing a Shape File into RockPlot2D & RockPlot3D

 

 

            10.3 Draping an Aerial Photo Over a Grid Surface in RockPlot3D

 

 

      (11) Laying Out a Report Page within ReportWorks

 

 

            11.1 Setting Up the Paper Orientation

 

 

            11.2 Combing a Log Profile with a Profile Location Map

 

 

            11.3 Appending an Existing RwRpt File

 

 

            11.4 Adding a Bitmap Image

 

 

      (12) Overview of Gridding Algorithms for Contouring Sparse Data

 

 

            12.1 Opening an RwDat File in the RockWorks Datasheet

 

 

            12.2 Creating a Triangulated Contour Map

 

 

            12.3 Creating Grid-Based Maps Using IDW Interpolation

 

 

            12.4 Creating Grids Using Kriging & Triangulation Gridding

 

 

            12.5 Densification & Polyenhancement Gridding Options

 

 

            12.6 Creating a Contour Map of Concentration Data

 

 

      (13) Mapping Arsenic Concentrations Over Time with Animation

 

 

            13.1 Creating a T-Data Histogram

 

 

            13.2 Creating a Custom Color Table

 

 

            13.3 Creating an Arsenic Statistics Map

 

 

            13.4 Creating a Playlist to Create 3 Additional Statistics Maps

 

 

            13.5 Creating an Animation

 

 

      (14) Advanced Lessons with Plume & Lithology Models

 

 

            14.1 Creating and Isosurface Display of Benzene Contamination

 

 

            14.2 Appending a Lithology Model to the Benzene Diagram

 

 

            14.3 Creating a Clay Isopach Map

 

 

            14.4 Creating a Benzene Plume Map

 

 

            14.5 Appending the Maps

 

 

            14.6 Drawing a Polygon Boundary Around the Plume

 

 

            14.7 Using the Polygon to Clip the Lithology Model

 

 

            14.8 Creating 3D Barrier Panels Along the Polygon Boundary