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Thomas Daley

Staff Scientist

Building 074, Room 0102

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-7316

Fax: 510-486-5686

[email protected]

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Biography

Tom Daley is currently a retired rehire working part time as a Staff Scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). He has been with Berkeley Lab since 1987 and was Geophysics Department head from 2014 to 2017. He received a Bachelors degree in Geophysics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980 and a Masters degree in Engineering Geoscience from the University of California, Berkeley in 1987. He worked from 1980 to 1985 with Seismograph Service Corporation performing borehole seismic surveys and managing a district office in Ventura, CA.

Tom’s research work is focused on the acquisition and analysis of borehole seismic data from field scale experiments. Problems addressed include continuous travel time monitoring to detect stress changes, monitoring geologic storage of CO2, characterization of fracture content and dominant fracture orientation in geothermal and oil fields, high resolution imaging of shallow surface materials, imaging fracture flow zones in contaminated aquifers, and geophysical characterization of volcanic tuff flows for nuclear waste isolation at Yucca Mountain.  Since 2013, Tom has also been working on the development of fiber optic sensing, specifically distributed acoustic sensing (DAS).

Tom has been a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 1987, a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) since 1980, the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), and is currently on the SEG Council, the SEG Research Committee, and chair of the CO2 research subcommittee.

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Research Interests

My research is focused on the acquisition and analysis of borehole seismic data from field scale experiments. Problems addressed include:

  • Continuous travel time monitoring to detect stress changes.
  • Monitoring of geologic sequestration of CO2, characterization of fracture content and orientation.
  • High resolution imaging of shallow surface materials; Imaging fracture flow zones in contaminated aquifers.
  • Integrated geophysical characterization of volcanic tuff flows for nuclear waste isolation at Yucca Mountain.

Education

  • M.S. Engineering Geoscience, University of California, Berkeley, 1987
  • B.A. Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, 1980

Experience

  • Staff Scientist, LBNL-Energy Geosciences Division (EGD), 2015-Present
  • Department Head, Geophysics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)-Earth & Environmental Sciences Area (formerly Earth Sciences Division, ESD), 2014-2017
  • Staff Scientist, LBNL-ESD, 2011-2015
  • Research Scientist, LBNL-ESD, 2001-2011
  • Staff Research Associate, LBNL-ESD, 1995-2007
  • Research Associate, LBNL-ESD, 1987-1995
  • District Manager, Seismograph Service Corporation, 1982-1985
  • Field Engineer, Birdwell Division, Seismograph Service Corporation, 1980-1982

Patents

  • 2016 - System and Method of Detecting Well Integrity Failure, US Patent 20,160,116,621
  • 2011 - Piezotube Borehole Seismic Source, US Patent 8,717,850

Awards

  • R&D 100 Award (R&D Magazine) for CASSM (Continuous Active-Source Seismic Monitoring), 2015
  • Best Paper, Annual Meeting for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2012
  • Schlumberger Gold Award, 2008
  • Outstanding Performance Awards, LBNL, 2006, 2007, 2015

Professional Affiliations

  • Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), American Geophysical Union (AGU), European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), Bay Area Geophysical Society (BAGS), Member
  • SEG Research Committee, Member
  • SEG CO2 Research Subcommittee, Chair

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  • Chair, CO2 Research Subcommittee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
  • Member, Research Committee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
  • District Representative, Council, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
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