TOM J. TEMPLES
Education:
1996: Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina Dissertation - The Application and Interpretation of Geophysical Logs in Determining Stratigraphic and Hydrogeologic Characteristics for the Upper Cretaceous of South Carolina
1978: M.S., Geology, University of Georgia Thesis - Stable Isotopic Variation of Plantonic foraminifer- Stratigraphic Implications
1976: BS., Geology, Clemson University
Post Graduate Training:
Professional Experience:
1999 - Present: Director, Center for Water Research and Policy and Research Associate Professor, Earth Sciences and Resources Institute, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Manage and direct the activities of the Water Center, coordinate all water research on campus, perform research in high resolution seismic and characterization related to environmental restoration.
1999 - Present: Co-Owner Advanced Environmental Solutions, LLC Generate prospects for drilling, review drilling proposals for clients, and evaluate acreage for purchase, site characterization, expert witness.
1994 - 1999: Senior Geotechnical Advisor- Senior Program Manager: United States Department of Energy, Savannah River Field Office, Aiken, South Carolina. Manage and direct the geotechnical efforts for the environmental restoration division and the groundwater program, direct contractor efforts in restoration activities, advise senior management on geoscience issues concerning the site and integrate geological efforts, direct the preparation of the budget and the annual operating plan, function as mentor to staff and graduate students working on DOE directed research projects, develop new technologies and transfer existing technologies into environmental restoration programs. Manage and direct environmental restoration projects in the SRS reactor areas
1991 - 1994: Senior Environmental Scientist, Geoscience Program Director and Groundwater Manager, United States Department of Energy, Savannah River Field Office, Aiken, South Carolina. Manage and direct geoscience programs, oversee ground water activities, direct and evaluate contractor efforts in these areas in accordance with site mission, supervise and assist in preparation of NEPA documents.
1991 - 1991: Geologist, J.W. Operating Company, Dallas, Texas. Generate prospects in East Texas and the Cretaceous Shelf of South Texas, perform economic evaluations, geophysical mapping, supervise well site activities including geophysical logging and sample descriptions, review submitted proposals for drilling.
1988 - 1991: Exploration Manager, Peko Oil USA, Dallas, Texas. Supervise and manage an exploration and development program in South Texas, Anadarko Basin and the Arkoma Basin, develop budget/business plan in conjunction with a forward strategic plan, train and mentor an exploration staff, coordinate with partners in operational matters (Tex-Pek Partnership), prepare and implement a comprehensive risk management program, supervise the acquisition and interpretation of multiple 3-D seismic programs, review and approve locations for drilling, function as a liaison with Australian partners on all exploration matters, review all North and South American prospects for Australian partners.
1978 - 1988: Texaco - Denver, Colorado. Project Leader - Arkoma Basin. Supervise staff exploring for gas, develop and implement business/exploration program.
Advanced Exploration Geologist - Northwest Colorado. Generate prospects utilizing geological and geophysical techniques.
Project Manager - Michigan and Appalachian Basin. Supervise exploration for Ordovician prospects using conventional and unconventional techniques. Develop and implement a business/exploration program using risk analysis.
Project Manager - Anadarko Shelf Project. Supervise and train an exploration staff, negotiate farm-ins, farm-outs and joint ventures, prepare and submit drilling packages.
Exploration Geologist - Deep Anadarko Basin. Generate prospects and evaluate drilling deals, prepare and submit wildcat packages, as well as regional stratigraphic and tectonic studies.
Exploration Geologist - East Texas Basin. Generate prospects in the Smackover and Ouachita Overthrust Belt.
Project Geologist - Seis-strat and New Concepts Project. Generate new plays using seis-strat, geochemistry, and basin analysis techniques.
Project Geologist - Texas Gulf Coast. Generate prospects in various formations including Upper and Lower Wilcox, Lower Miocene (onshore and offshore), Cretaceous-Jurassic of South Texas, and Pleistocene Offshore Texas.
Professional Affiliations:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Charter member, Division of Environmental Geosciences Division of Professional Affairs 1994 - Environmental Policy Committee Geological Society of America Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1996 - Reviewer Charter member, Near Surface Geophysics Section CSRA Geological Society 1995 - President 1992 - Chairman of the Charter Committee Professional Association of Diving Instructors American Geophysical Union Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2003: The CERCLA Process
Professor, University of South Carolina Environmental Geophysics Seminar - Monitored Natural Attenuation Seminar- Impact of Environmental Laws on Society Environmental Geophysics-Short Course Introduction to Geology Geology of South Carolina
Instructor, United States, Department of Energy (NETO) 2000 – 2003: Environmental Laws and Regulations 2001: Waste Characterization 1999: RCRA/CERCLA 1999: Monitored Natural Attenuation
Visiting Assistant Professor, Clemson University 1998: Applied Geophysics
Lead Instructor, Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station, United States Forest Service, Savannah River, South Carolina State University 1998: Environmental Engineering
Invited Lecturer, University of South Carolina 1996: Advanced Stratigraphy 1994 - 1995: Environmental Geology 1994 - 1996: Earth Resources Management Seminars
Dive Instructor 1989 – present: Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver 1989 – present: Divemaster Class 1989 – present: Reef Coral Identification 1989 – present: Open Water Scuba Diver
APPOINTMENTS AND HONORS:
1999: Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology, Clemson University 1998: Invited Speaker, American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting 1996 - 2000: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geology, Clemson University 1996 - 1999: Director Research Centers for Groundwater, Soil Remediation, and Radioecology, United States, Department of Energy 1996: Co-Chair, North American Paleontological Society, Annual Meeting 1994 - present: Earth Science Advisory Committee, Clemson University 1994 - 1999: US-EPA Region IV, Groundwater Steering Committee 1994 - 1997: Stratigraphic Nomenclature Committee, South Carolina Coastal Plain 1992: Invited speaker TIE Workshop, United States, Department of Energy 1985: Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Technology
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS:
Certified Petroleum Geologists #3933 Professional Geologist, Arkansas, # 327 Registered Environmental Manager #REM9253 Certified Earth Scientist #2888
Research Efforts:
• Distribution of metals and radionuclides in soils and groundwater and public health consequences • The use of seismic stratigraphy for waste site characterization • Time-lapse 2-D High-resolution Seismic Reflection Survey to Monitor the DNAPL Dynamic Underground Stripping Project at Savannah River Site, SC. M. Waddell, W. Domoracki & T. Temples. • Multicomponent Ultra High-resolution Seismic Reflection Survey at USDOE Facilities Waddell, W. Domoracki & T. Temples. • Delineating DNAPLS Using 2-D and 3-D Shallow High Resolution Reflection Seismic. Waddell, W. Domoracki & T. Temples. • Establishment of a Center for Water Research and Policy University of South Carolina. • USGS Ground-Water Flow Study in the Vicinity of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina and Georgia. • CDNR-WRC Hydrogeologic Investigation and Establishment of a Permanent Multi-Observational Well Network in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell Counties, South Carolina. • GDNR An Investigation of Tritium in the Gordon and Other Aquifers in Burke County, Georgia. • Applications of Advanced Geological Computer Modeling to the Environmental Industry. • Determination of Storativity from Geophysical Logs. • Hydraulic Properties of Aquifer. • Establishment of a Field Geohydrology Experimental Site.
Publications:
Temples, T.J., Waddell, M.G., and Domoracki, W., 2001, Non-invasive determination of the location and distribution of DNAPL using advanced seismic reflection techniques, Groundwater, v. 39, no. 3, p. 465-474.
Waddell, M.G., Temples, T.J., and Domoracki, W., in press, Detection and Delineation of DNAPLs using high-resolution reflective seismic techniques at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, Geophysical Prospecting.
Waddell, M.G., Domoracki, W., and Temples, T.J., 1999, Non-Invasive Determination of the Location and Distribution of Free-Phase Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs) by Seismic Reflection Techniques: Proceedings of Industry Partnership for Environmental Technology Development and Deployment Topical Meeting, Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC), Morgantown, WV.
Miller, R.B., Castle, J.W., Temples, T.J., 2000, Deterministic and stochastic modeling of aquifer stratigraphy, South Carolina, Groundwater,.v. 38, no. 2.
Temples, T.J. and Englehardt, D., SE Geology, 1997, Stratigraphy, depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous in the Hilton Head Island Test Well #1, Beaufort County South Carolina, Southeastern Geology.
Temples, T.J. and Waddell, M.G., 1996, Application of petroleum geophysical well logging and sampling techniques for evaluating aquifer characteristics, Groundwater, v. 34, no. 3.
Kroening, D.E., Snipes, D.S., Brame, S.E., Hodges, R.A., Price, V., and Temples, T.J., 1996, The rehabilitation of monitoring wells clogged by calcite precipitation and drilling mud, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, vol. 16, no. 2.
Wyatt, D.E. and Temples, T.J., 1996, Ground penetrating radar detection of small-scale channels, joints and faults in the unconsolidated sediments of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Environmental Geology, v. 27, no. 3.
Snipes, D.S., Kidd, N.B., Warner, R.D., Hodges, R.A., Price Jr., V and Temples, T.J., 1995, An initial petrographic and geochemical study of a rhyolitic rock recovered from Test Well #1, Hilton Head South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, vol., 38, p. 53-60.
Sen Gupta, B.K., Temples T.J., and Dallmeyer, M.D.G., 1982, Late Quaternary benthic foraminifera of the Grenada Basin: Stratigraphy and Paleoceanography, Marine Micropaleontology, vol. 7.
Abstracts:
Temples, T.J., Waddell, M.G., and Domoracki, W.J., 2003, The use of seismic stratigraphy for waste site characterization, Annual Meeting Abstracts-American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.
Waddell, Michael G., Domoracki, William J., Temples, Tommy J., 2002, Detection of DNAPLs using ultra high-resolution seismic data and AVO analysis at Charleston Naval Weapons Station, South Carolina, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, international exposition and 72nd annual meeting; technical program, expanded abstracts with authors' biographies.
Temples, Tom, J., Waddell, M.G., 2000, The Application of Petroleum Geophysical Logging Techniques for Evaluating Aquifer Characteristics, in LaFreniere, L.M. ed., Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Integrated Technical Approaches to Site Characterization (ITASC), Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
Waddell, M.G., Domoracki, W.J., and Temples, T.J., 2000, The Use of High-Resolution Seismic Reflection to Assist in Mapping Potential Contaminant Pathways in the Vadose Zone at the 200 West Area, USDOE Hanford Site, WA: in LaFreniere, L.M. ed., Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Integrated Technical Approaches to Site Characterization (ITASC), Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
Waddell, M.G., Domoracki, W.J., and Temples, T.J., 2000, The Use of Amplitude Variation with Offset (AVO) Analysis to Locate Carbon Tetrachloride in the Vadose Zone at the 200 West Area, USDOE Hanford Site, WA: in LaFreniere, L.M. ed., Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Integrated Technical Approaches to Site Characterization (ITASC), Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
Castle, James W., Miller, Russell B., Hann, Crystal L., Temples, Tom J., 1999,Groundwater implications of sequence-stratigraphic analysis of coastal plain strata at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 48th annual meeting Abstracts with Programs Geological Society of America, vol 31(3), p. 9-10.
Castle, James W., Temples, Tom J., 1999, Sequence-stratigraphic applications to interpreting formation contacts and hydrostratigraphic boundaries in Eocene coastal-plain stratigraphy of South Carolina, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America.
Temples, T.J., Waddell, M.G., Domoracki, W., 1998, The Direct Detection of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPL) using Amplitude Variation with Offset (AVO), Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management - SPECTRUM '98.
Waddell, M.G.,Temples, T.J., 1997, Using high resolution reflection seismic to image free phase DNAPL’S at the M-Area, Savannah River Site, Annual Meeting Abstracts-American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.
Temples, T.J., Van Pelt, R.S., 1996, The Application of paleontology to environmental restoration activities; an example form the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, Special Publication- the Paleontological Society, vol 8, p 388.
Wyatt, D.E. and Temples, T. J., 1996, Environmental characterization of shallow channels, joints and faults in unconsolidated sediments using ground penetrating radar, AAPG, Eastern Section Meeting.
Temples, T.J., Wyatt, D.E., Cumbest, R., Waddell, M.G., 1995, Comparison of borehole geophysics, CPT, resistivity, GPR, and high-resolution seismic data across a shallow structure in unconsolidated sediments. SEG Annual Meeting Expanded Technical Program Abstracts with Biographies, vol. 65, pp. 381-384.
Snipes, D.S., Hodges, R.A., Price, S.W., Mazur, S.L., Kidd, N.B., Price, V. Jr., Temples, T.J., 1995, Documentation of late Eocene movement on the Martin Fault. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol. 27; no. 2, p. 88.
Kidd, N.B., Snipes, D.S., Hodges, R.A., Benson, S.M., Price, V. Jr., Temples, T.J., 1995, Hydraulic conductivities of Late Cretaceous coastal plain aquifers at Miller's Pond, east-central Georgia, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol. 27; no. 2, p. 66.
Fallaw, W.C., Snipes, D.S., Hodges, R.A., Price, V., Temples, T.J., 1995, Facies changes in middle Eocene sediments, southwestern coastal plain of South Carolina, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol. 27; no. 2, p. 52.
Fallaw, W.C., Snipes, D.S., Hodges, R.A., Price, S.W., Temples, T.J., Price, V. Jr., 1994, Outcrop evidence of post-early late Eocene deformation in the north-central part of the Savannah River Site, coastal plain of South Carolina, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol. 26; no. 7, p. 153.
Kroening, D.E., Snipes, D.S., Falta, R.W., Hodges, R.A., Benson, S.M., Janssen, J., Price, V. Jr., Temples, T.J., 1994, Well redevelopment at the MWD well field, Savannah River Site, South Carolina, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, vol. 26; no. 7, p. 153.
Waddell, M.G.,Temples, T.J., 1994, Application of petroleum geophysical logging techniques for evaluating water quality, Annual Meeting Abstracts - American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, p. 277.
Hodges, R.A., Snipes, D.S., Benson, S.M., Daggett, J.S., Price, V., Temples, T.J., Harrelson, L.G., 1994, Hydraulic properties of the Midville Aquifer at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol. 26; no. 4, p. 20.
Hodges, R.A, Snipes, D.S., Benson, S.M., Daggett, J.S., Price, V., Temples, T.J., Harrelson, L.,1994, Hydraulic properties of the Midville Aquifer at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, Abstract, GSA Southeastern Section Annual Meeting.
Moore, J., Benson, S., Snipes, D., Daggett, J. James, A., Kroening, D., Price, S., Price, V., Temples, T.J., 1993, Characterization of aquifer properties in coastal plain sediments in Burke County, GA. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol. 25; no. 4, p. 58.
Daggett, J.S., Benson, S.M., Snipes, D.S., Price, V. Jr., Temples, T.J., 1993, The application of an expert system for the analysis of pump tests, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol. 25; no. 4, p.468.
Hippensteel, D.L., Bolen, J.E., Temples, T.J., 1993, A comparison and contrast of the requirements of 40 CFR 264 and 265, Subparts F. Annual Meeting Abstracts - American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1993, pp. 118-119.
Daggett, J.S., Benson, S.M., Snipes, D.S., Price, V. Jr., Temples, T.J., 1993, A strategy for real-time automated analysis of pump tests. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol. 25, no. 4, p. 10.
Cumbest, R.J., Temples, T.J., Price, V., Fallaw, W.C., Snipes, D.S., 1993, Reactivated basement structures in the Central Savannah River area and their relationship to coastal plain deformation. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 25, no. 4, p. 10.
Sen Gupta, B.K., Temples, T.J., Dallmeyer-M.D.G., 1981, Stratigraphic trends of late Quaternary benthic foraminifera in the eastern Caribbean Sea: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 13; no. 7, p. 551.
Temples, T.J., Sen-Gupta, B.K., 1979, Late Quaternary foraminiferal record in eastern Caribbean cores; paleo-oceanographic implications, AAPG Bulletin, v. 63; no. 3, p. 538.
Papers Submitted or in Preparation:
Syms, F.H., Temples, T.J., and Lewis, M.R., in review, Calibration of the piezocone penetrometer test for predicting soil character, Engineering and Environmental Geology.
Temples, T.J., in preparation, Origin and occurrence of reservoir facies in the Trenton-Black River of the Michigan Basin.
Temples, T.J., in preparation, Stratigraphy, depositional environments and correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Northern Southeast Georgia Embayment.
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