Fractured Rock Hydrology Research - Pennsylvania
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January 2, 2017
Fractured Rock Hydrology Research (Archive)
contributions by the Pennsylvania Water Science Center, and others
contributions by the Pennsylvania Water Science Center, and others
This is an archive and is not being updated.
- Streamflow Depletion by Groundwater Pumping from Fractured-Rock Aquifers of the Newark Basin (abs.): 2014, Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium, State College, Pennsylvania.
- Application of Existing Guidance, Methods, and Models for Evaluating Capture Zones in Fractured Rock Aquifers (abs.): 2011, National Ground Water Association Fractured Rock Conference, Burlington, Vermont.
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Changes in distribution of trichloroethene and other contaminants in fractures and the rock matrix during bioaugmentation at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, N.J. (abs.): 2011, SERDP/ESTCP Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium and Workshop, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), Washington, D.C.
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Comparison of Stair-Step and Dipping-Layer Approaches for Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport in Fractured-Sedimentary Formations (abs.): 2007, National Ground Water Assoc./U.S. EPA Fractured Rock Conference: State of the Science and Measuring Success in Remediation, Portland, Maine.
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Scale and hydrogeologic complexity in models of groundwater flow for Newark Basin aquifers (abs.): 2004, Regional Workshop on Hydrogeology of the Newark Basin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Concentration history during pumping from a leaky aquifer with stratified initial concentration (abs.): p. 29-35 in Shen, H.W., S.T. Su, and Feng Wen, (eds.), Hydraulic Engineering '93, Proc. ASCE Hydraulics Div. National Conf., July 25-30, 1993, San Francisco, California.
Filter Total Items: 31
Advancing electrical geophysical characterization of DNAPL-contaminated fractured rock aquifers Advancing electrical geophysical characterization of DNAPL-contaminated fractured rock aquifers
No abstract available.
Authors
Judith Robinson, Timothy Johnosn, Lee Slater, Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Pierre Lacombe, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, John W. Lane, Carole D. Johnson, Allen M. Shapiro, Claire R. Tiedeman, Daniel J. Goode
Water budgets and groundwater volumes for abandoned underground mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania: Preliminary estimates with identification of data needs Water budgets and groundwater volumes for abandoned underground mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania: Preliminary estimates with identification of data needs
This report, prepared in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP), the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, and the Dauphin County Conservation District, provides estimates of water budgets and groundwater volumes stored in abandoned underground mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, which encompasses an area of...
Authors
Daniel J. Goode, Charles A. Cravotta, Roger J. Hornberger, Michael A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, Daniel J. Koury, Lee W. Eicholtz
Multiple well-shutdown tests and site-scale flow simulation in fractured rocks Multiple well-shutdown tests and site-scale flow simulation in fractured rocks
A new method was developed for conducting aquifer tests in fractured-rock flow systems that have a pump-and-treat (P&T) operation for containing and removing groundwater contaminants. The method involves temporary shutdown of individual pumps in wells of the P&T system. Conducting aquifer tests in this manner has several advantages, including (1) no additional contaminated water is...
Authors
Claire R. Tiedeman, Pierre J. Lacombe, Daniel J. Goode
Flowpath independent monitoring of reductive dechlorination potential in a fractured rock aquifer Flowpath independent monitoring of reductive dechlorination potential in a fractured rock aquifer
The flowpath dependent approaches that are typically employed to assess biodegradation of chloroethene contaminants in unconsolidated aquifers are problematic in fractured rock settings, due to difficulties defining discrete groundwater flowpaths in such systems. In this study, the variation in the potential for chloroethene biodegradation with depth was evaluated in a fractured rock...
Authors
P. M. Bradley, P.J. Lacombe, T.E. Imbrigiotta, F. H. Chapelle, D.J. Goode
Biochemical indicators for the bioavailability of organic carbon in ground water Biochemical indicators for the bioavailability of organic carbon in ground water
The bioavailability of total organic carbon (TOC) was examined in ground water from two hydrologically distinct aquifers using biochemical indicators widely employed in chemical oceanography. Concentrations of total hydrolyzable neutral sugars (THNS), total hydrolyzable amino acids (THAA), and carbon‐normalized percentages of TOC present as THNS and THAA (referred to as “yields”) were...
Authors
F. H. Chapelle, P. M. Bradley, D.J. Goode, C. Tiedeman, P.J. Lacombe, K. Kaiser, R. Benner
The effect of terrace geology on ground-water movement and on the interaction of ground water and surface water on a mountainside near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, USA The effect of terrace geology on ground-water movement and on the interaction of ground water and surface water on a mountainside near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, USA
The west watershed of Mirror Lake in the White Mountains of New Hampshire contains several terraces that are at different altitudes and have different geologic compositions. The lowest terrace (FSE) has 5 m of sand overlying 9 m of till. The two next successively higher terraces (FS2 and FS1) consist entirely of sand and have maximum thicknesses of about 7 m. A fourth, and highest...
Authors
T. C. Winter, D.C. Buso, P.C. Shattuck, P. T. Harte, D.A. Vroblesky, D.J. Goode
Contamination in fractured-rock aquifers: Research at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, New Jersey Contamination in fractured-rock aquifers: Research at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, New Jersey
The U.S. Geological Survey and cooperators are studying chlorinated solvents in a fractured sedimentary rock aquifer underlying the former Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), West Trenton, New Jersey. Fractured-rock aquifers are common in many parts of the United States and are highly susceptible to contamination, particularly at industrial sites. Compared to 'unconsolidated' aquifers...
Authors
Daniel J. Goode, Claire R. Tiedeman, Pierre J. Lacombe, Thomas E. Imbrigiotta, Allen M. Shapiro, Francis H. Chapelle
Case study for delineating a contributing area to a well in a fractured siliciclastic-bedrock aquifer near Lansdale, Pennsylvania Case study for delineating a contributing area to a well in a fractured siliciclastic-bedrock aquifer near Lansdale, Pennsylvania
A supply well used by the North Penn Water Authority near Lansdale, Pa., was selected as a case study for delineating a contributing area in a fractured siliciclastic-bedrock aquifer. The study emphasized the importance of refining the understanding of factors that control ground-water movement to the well by conducting (1) geophysical logging and flow measurements, (2) ground-water...
Authors
Gary J. Barton, Dennis W. Risser, Daniel G. Galeone, Daniel J. Goode
Hydrogeological investigation at Site 5, Willow Grove Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base, Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Hydrogeological investigation at Site 5, Willow Grove Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base, Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted borehole geophysical logging, collected and analyzed water-level data, and sampled sections of a rock core to determine the concentration of volatile organic compounds in the aquifer matrix of the Stockton Formation. Borehole geophysical logs were run in three monitor wells. At well 05MW04I, the vertical gradient was upward at depths above 42 feet...
Authors
Ronald A. Sloto
Simulation of aquifer tests and ground-water flowpaths at the local scale in fractured shales and sandstones of the Brunswick Group and Lockatong Formation, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Simulation of aquifer tests and ground-water flowpaths at the local scale in fractured shales and sandstones of the Brunswick Group and Lockatong Formation, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
The U.S. Geological Survey, as part of technical assistance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has constructed and calibrated models of local-scale ground-water flow in and near Lansdale, Pa., where numerous sources of industrial contamination have been consolidated into the North Penn Area 6 Superfund Site. The local-scale models incorporate hydrogeologic structure of...
Authors
Daniel J. Goode, Lisa A. Senior
Simulating contaminant attenuation, double-porosity exchange, and water age in aquifers using MOC3D Simulating contaminant attenuation, double-porosity exchange, and water age in aquifers using MOC3D
MOC3D is a general-purpose computer model developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for simulation of three-dimensional solute transport in ground water (Konikow and others, 1996). The model is an update to the widely used USGS two-dimensional solute-transport model (MOC) and is implemented as an optional “package” for the ground-water flow model MODFLOW (Harbaugh and McDonald, 1996...
Authors
Daniel J. Goode
U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999: Volume 3 (Part C) U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999: Volume 3 (Part C)
This report contains papers presented at the seventh Technical Meeting of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program. The meeting was held March 8-12, 1999, in Charleston, South Carolina. Toxics Program Technical Meetings are held periodically to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of results of recent research activities. The objectives of...
This is an archive and is not being updated.
- Streamflow Depletion by Groundwater Pumping from Fractured-Rock Aquifers of the Newark Basin (abs.): 2014, Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium, State College, Pennsylvania.
- Application of Existing Guidance, Methods, and Models for Evaluating Capture Zones in Fractured Rock Aquifers (abs.): 2011, National Ground Water Association Fractured Rock Conference, Burlington, Vermont.
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Changes in distribution of trichloroethene and other contaminants in fractures and the rock matrix during bioaugmentation at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, N.J. (abs.): 2011, SERDP/ESTCP Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium and Workshop, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), Washington, D.C.
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Comparison of Stair-Step and Dipping-Layer Approaches for Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport in Fractured-Sedimentary Formations (abs.): 2007, National Ground Water Assoc./U.S. EPA Fractured Rock Conference: State of the Science and Measuring Success in Remediation, Portland, Maine.
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Scale and hydrogeologic complexity in models of groundwater flow for Newark Basin aquifers (abs.): 2004, Regional Workshop on Hydrogeology of the Newark Basin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
-
Concentration history during pumping from a leaky aquifer with stratified initial concentration (abs.): p. 29-35 in Shen, H.W., S.T. Su, and Feng Wen, (eds.), Hydraulic Engineering '93, Proc. ASCE Hydraulics Div. National Conf., July 25-30, 1993, San Francisco, California.
Filter Total Items: 31
Advancing electrical geophysical characterization of DNAPL-contaminated fractured rock aquifers Advancing electrical geophysical characterization of DNAPL-contaminated fractured rock aquifers
No abstract available.
Authors
Judith Robinson, Timothy Johnosn, Lee Slater, Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Pierre Lacombe, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, John W. Lane, Carole D. Johnson, Allen M. Shapiro, Claire R. Tiedeman, Daniel J. Goode
Water budgets and groundwater volumes for abandoned underground mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania: Preliminary estimates with identification of data needs Water budgets and groundwater volumes for abandoned underground mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania: Preliminary estimates with identification of data needs
This report, prepared in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP), the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, and the Dauphin County Conservation District, provides estimates of water budgets and groundwater volumes stored in abandoned underground mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, which encompasses an area of...
Authors
Daniel J. Goode, Charles A. Cravotta, Roger J. Hornberger, Michael A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, Daniel J. Koury, Lee W. Eicholtz
Multiple well-shutdown tests and site-scale flow simulation in fractured rocks Multiple well-shutdown tests and site-scale flow simulation in fractured rocks
A new method was developed for conducting aquifer tests in fractured-rock flow systems that have a pump-and-treat (P&T) operation for containing and removing groundwater contaminants. The method involves temporary shutdown of individual pumps in wells of the P&T system. Conducting aquifer tests in this manner has several advantages, including (1) no additional contaminated water is...
Authors
Claire R. Tiedeman, Pierre J. Lacombe, Daniel J. Goode
Flowpath independent monitoring of reductive dechlorination potential in a fractured rock aquifer Flowpath independent monitoring of reductive dechlorination potential in a fractured rock aquifer
The flowpath dependent approaches that are typically employed to assess biodegradation of chloroethene contaminants in unconsolidated aquifers are problematic in fractured rock settings, due to difficulties defining discrete groundwater flowpaths in such systems. In this study, the variation in the potential for chloroethene biodegradation with depth was evaluated in a fractured rock...
Authors
P. M. Bradley, P.J. Lacombe, T.E. Imbrigiotta, F. H. Chapelle, D.J. Goode
Biochemical indicators for the bioavailability of organic carbon in ground water Biochemical indicators for the bioavailability of organic carbon in ground water
The bioavailability of total organic carbon (TOC) was examined in ground water from two hydrologically distinct aquifers using biochemical indicators widely employed in chemical oceanography. Concentrations of total hydrolyzable neutral sugars (THNS), total hydrolyzable amino acids (THAA), and carbon‐normalized percentages of TOC present as THNS and THAA (referred to as “yields”) were...
Authors
F. H. Chapelle, P. M. Bradley, D.J. Goode, C. Tiedeman, P.J. Lacombe, K. Kaiser, R. Benner
The effect of terrace geology on ground-water movement and on the interaction of ground water and surface water on a mountainside near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, USA The effect of terrace geology on ground-water movement and on the interaction of ground water and surface water on a mountainside near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, USA
The west watershed of Mirror Lake in the White Mountains of New Hampshire contains several terraces that are at different altitudes and have different geologic compositions. The lowest terrace (FSE) has 5 m of sand overlying 9 m of till. The two next successively higher terraces (FS2 and FS1) consist entirely of sand and have maximum thicknesses of about 7 m. A fourth, and highest...
Authors
T. C. Winter, D.C. Buso, P.C. Shattuck, P. T. Harte, D.A. Vroblesky, D.J. Goode
Contamination in fractured-rock aquifers: Research at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, New Jersey Contamination in fractured-rock aquifers: Research at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, New Jersey
The U.S. Geological Survey and cooperators are studying chlorinated solvents in a fractured sedimentary rock aquifer underlying the former Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), West Trenton, New Jersey. Fractured-rock aquifers are common in many parts of the United States and are highly susceptible to contamination, particularly at industrial sites. Compared to 'unconsolidated' aquifers...
Authors
Daniel J. Goode, Claire R. Tiedeman, Pierre J. Lacombe, Thomas E. Imbrigiotta, Allen M. Shapiro, Francis H. Chapelle
Case study for delineating a contributing area to a well in a fractured siliciclastic-bedrock aquifer near Lansdale, Pennsylvania Case study for delineating a contributing area to a well in a fractured siliciclastic-bedrock aquifer near Lansdale, Pennsylvania
A supply well used by the North Penn Water Authority near Lansdale, Pa., was selected as a case study for delineating a contributing area in a fractured siliciclastic-bedrock aquifer. The study emphasized the importance of refining the understanding of factors that control ground-water movement to the well by conducting (1) geophysical logging and flow measurements, (2) ground-water...
Authors
Gary J. Barton, Dennis W. Risser, Daniel G. Galeone, Daniel J. Goode
Hydrogeological investigation at Site 5, Willow Grove Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base, Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Hydrogeological investigation at Site 5, Willow Grove Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base, Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted borehole geophysical logging, collected and analyzed water-level data, and sampled sections of a rock core to determine the concentration of volatile organic compounds in the aquifer matrix of the Stockton Formation. Borehole geophysical logs were run in three monitor wells. At well 05MW04I, the vertical gradient was upward at depths above 42 feet...
Authors
Ronald A. Sloto
Simulation of aquifer tests and ground-water flowpaths at the local scale in fractured shales and sandstones of the Brunswick Group and Lockatong Formation, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Simulation of aquifer tests and ground-water flowpaths at the local scale in fractured shales and sandstones of the Brunswick Group and Lockatong Formation, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
The U.S. Geological Survey, as part of technical assistance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has constructed and calibrated models of local-scale ground-water flow in and near Lansdale, Pa., where numerous sources of industrial contamination have been consolidated into the North Penn Area 6 Superfund Site. The local-scale models incorporate hydrogeologic structure of...
Authors
Daniel J. Goode, Lisa A. Senior
Simulating contaminant attenuation, double-porosity exchange, and water age in aquifers using MOC3D Simulating contaminant attenuation, double-porosity exchange, and water age in aquifers using MOC3D
MOC3D is a general-purpose computer model developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for simulation of three-dimensional solute transport in ground water (Konikow and others, 1996). The model is an update to the widely used USGS two-dimensional solute-transport model (MOC) and is implemented as an optional “package” for the ground-water flow model MODFLOW (Harbaugh and McDonald, 1996...
Authors
Daniel J. Goode
U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999: Volume 3 (Part C) U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999: Volume 3 (Part C)
This report contains papers presented at the seventh Technical Meeting of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program. The meeting was held March 8-12, 1999, in Charleston, South Carolina. Toxics Program Technical Meetings are held periodically to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of results of recent research activities. The objectives of...