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Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault at Mill Canyon near Watsonville, California Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault at Mill Canyon near Watsonville, California

We present photomosaics and logs of the walls of trenches excavated for a paleoseismic study at Mill Canyon, one of two sites along the San Andreas fault in the Santa Cruz Mtns. on the Kelley-Thompson Ranch. This site was a part of Rancho Salsipuedes beginning in 1834. It was purchased by the present owner’s family in 1851. Remnants of a cabin/mill operations still exist up the canyon...
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Thomas E. Fumal, Timothy E. Dawson, Rebecca Flowers, John C. Hamilton, Gordon F. Heingartner, James Kessler, Laura Samrad

Modeling the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system Modeling the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system

The development of a regional ground-water flow model of the Death Valley region in the southwestern United States is discussed in the context of the fourteen guidelines of Hill. This application of the guidelines demonstrates how they may be used for model calibration and evaluation, and to direct further model development and data collection.
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F. A. D’Agnese, C.C. Faunt, M. C. Hill

Acoustic and optical borehole-wall imaging for fractured-rock aquifer studies Acoustic and optical borehole-wall imaging for fractured-rock aquifer studies

Imaging with acoustic and optical televiewers results in continuous and oriented 360° views of the borehole wall from which the character, relation, and orientation of lithologic and structural planar features can be defined for studies of fractured-rock aquifers. Fractures are more clearly defined under a wider range of conditions on acoustic images than on optical images including dark...
Authors
J.H. Williams, C. D. Johnson

Investigating the Macrodispersion Experiment (MADE) site in Columbus, Mississippi, using a three‐dimensional inverse flow and transport model Investigating the Macrodispersion Experiment (MADE) site in Columbus, Mississippi, using a three‐dimensional inverse flow and transport model

Flowmeter‐measured hydraulic conductivities from the heterogeneous MADE site have been used predictively in advection‐dispersion models. Resulting simulated concentrations failed to reproduce even major plume characteristics and some have concluded that other mechanisms, such as dual porosity, are important. Here an alternative possibility is investigated: that the small‐scale flowmeter
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Heidi Christiansen Barlebo, Mary C. Hill, Dan Rosbjerg

Surface rupture and slip distribution of the Denali and Totschunda faults in the 3 November 2002 M 7.9 earthquake, Alaska Surface rupture and slip distribution of the Denali and Totschunda faults in the 3 November 2002 M 7.9 earthquake, Alaska

The 3 November 2002 Denali fault, Alaska, earthquake resulted in 341 km of surface rupture on the Susitna Glacier, Denali, and Totschunda faults. The rupture proceeded from west to east and began with a 48-km-long break on the previously unknown Susitna Glacier thrust fault. Slip on this thrust averaged about 4 m (Crone et al., 2004). Next came the principal surface break, along 226 km...
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Peter J. Haeussler, David P. Schwartz, Timothy E. Dawson, Heidi D. Stenner, James J. Lienkaemper, Brian L. Sherrod, Francesca R. Cinti, Paola Montone, Patricia Craw, Anthony J. Crone, Stephen F. Personius

Application of cross-borehole radar to monitor fieldscale vegetable old injection experiments for biostimulation Application of cross-borehole radar to monitor fieldscale vegetable old injection experiments for biostimulation

Cross-borehole radar methods were used to monitor a field-scale biostimulation pilot project at the Anoka County Riverfront Park (ACP), located downgradient of the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant, in Fridley, Minnesota. The goal of the pilot project is to evaluate biostimulation using emulsified vegetable oil to treat ground water contaminated with chlorinated hydrocarbons...
Authors
John W. Lane, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Roelof J. Versteeg, C.C. Casey, Peter K. Joesten

Electrical imaging of tracer migration at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod Electrical imaging of tracer migration at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod

Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is examined as a method to provide spatially continuous information about aquifer properties through imaging of tracer flow and transport in an unconfined aquifer. Field data were collected at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, during the summer of 2002. High resolution images in both space and time of the movement of...
Authors
Kamini Singha, Andrew Binley, John W. Lane, Steven M. Gorelick

Object-based inversion of crosswell radar tomography data to monitor vegetable-oil injection experiment Object-based inversion of crosswell radar tomography data to monitor vegetable-oil injection experiment

Crosswell radar tomography methods can be used to dynamically image ground-water flow and mass transport associated with tracer tests, hydraulic tests, and natural physical processes. Dynamic imaging can be used to identify preferential flow paths and to help characterize complex aquifer heterogeneity. Unfortunately, because the raypath coverage of the interwell region is limited by the...
Authors
John W. Lane, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Roelof J. Versteeg, C.C. Casey

Continuous-resistivity profiling for coastal ground-water investigations: Three case studies Continuous-resistivity profiling for coastal ground-water investigations: Three case studies

Continuous-resistivity profiling (CRP) was used at three sites to investigate submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and to delineate the subsurface saltwater/freshwater interface. At the first site, in Georgetown, South Carolina, CRP was used to locate possible areas of SGD in the Winyah Bay estuary. The data show evidence of SGD in the Pee Dee River, feeding into Winyah Bay, at...
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Marcel Belaval, John W. Lane, David P. Lesmes, G. C. Kineke

Hydraulic logging methods - A summary and field demonstration in Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia Hydraulic logging methods - A summary and field demonstration in Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia

Geophysical surveying techniques provide important information for ground-water investigations (Zohdy and others, 1974; Keys, 1997; Haeni and others, 2001). Subsurface-geophysical methods are used to delineate and characterize hydraulically active zones; the extent of contamination, and contaminant sources; identify geologic features; optimize monitoring well placement; and guide...
Authors
Carole D. Johnson, John H. Williams

Shaded relief aeromagnetic map of the Santa Clara Valley and vicinity, California Shaded relief aeromagnetic map of the Santa Clara Valley and vicinity, California

This aeromagnetic map covers the southern portion of San Francisco Bay, the Santa Clara Valley and surrounding mountains, part of which has been modelled in threedimensions (Jachens and other, 2001). The magnetic anomaly map has been compiled from existing digital data. Data was obtained from six aeromagnetic surveys that were flown at different times, spacings and elevations. The...
Authors
Carter W. Roberts, Robert C. Jachens
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