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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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
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1997-03
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