Characterization of a Crystalline-rock Aquifer Near Lawrenceville, Georgia: Application of Advances in Borehole and Surface Geophysical Methods
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Chapman, Melinda J.
Hicks, David W.
Peck, Michael F.
Tharpe, W. Todd
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
A resurgence in the exploration of ground-water
resources is evident as the population in northern Georgia
continues to grow at a rapid pace and the demand for water
supplies steadily increases. The need to apply accurate investigative
methods to fractured-rock aquifer characterization is
essential to any ground-water development program. The
U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Lawrenceville,
Ga., initiated a study in December 1994 to apply
various investigative techniques to field characterization of a
crysalline-rock aquifer near Lawrenceville. Interpretations of
fracture strike were made from directional borehole radar
surveys, acoustic televiewer logs, and surface square-array
azimuthal resistivity surveys. Subsurface geophysical interpretations
of fracture strike correlate with surface structural geologic
data.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date
1997-03
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