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Alton Anderson

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Alton Anderson is a hydrologist with the  USGS in the New York Water Science Center. He started with the USGS as a student employee while attending the State University of New York  at Albany where he received  a B.S.  in Geology in 1997. In New York, Alton provides support in geophysical log collection and analysis and helps oversee the cooperative, statewide observation well network.  As part of the training and technology transfer program of the Office of Groundwater-Branch of Geophysics he provides geophysical support to USGS offices nationwide. 

 

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Hydrogeology of a Ground-Water Contamination Site, Cayuga County, New York

Problem - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical assistance between 2001 and 2013 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in an investigation of the presence of chlorinated solvents (trichloroethylene and degradates) in ground water in the Middle-to-Lower Devonian and Upper Silurian carbonate bedrock southwest of Auburn in Cayuga County, N.Y. Pieziometric and water-quali
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New York Water Science Center
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Hydrogeology of a Ground-Water Contamination Site, Cayuga County, New York

Problem - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical assistance between 2001 and 2013 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in an investigation of the presence of chlorinated solvents (trichloroethylene and degradates) in ground water in the Middle-to-Lower Devonian and Upper Silurian carbonate bedrock southwest of Auburn in Cayuga County, N.Y. Pieziometric and water-quali
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Geophysical and video logs of selected wells at and near the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 2017-19

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected borehole geophysical and video logs in 17 open-hole wells in Northampton, Warminster, and Warwick Townships, Bucks County, Pennsylvania during 2017–19 to support detailed groundwater investigations at and near the former Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Warminster, where groundwater contamination with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) had become
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Lisa A. Senior, J. Alton Anderson, Philip H. Bird
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Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Observations from borehole dilution logging experiments in fractured crystalline rock under variable hydraulic conditions

Identifying hydraulically active fractures in low permeability, crystalline-bedrock aquifers requires a variety of geophysical and hydrogeophysical borehole tools and approaches. One such approach is Single Borehole Dilution Tests (SBDT), which in some low flow cases have been shown to provide greater resolution of borehole flow than other logging procedures, such as vertical differential Heat Pul
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Philip T. Harte, J. Alton Anderson, John H. Williams
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Water Resources Mission Area, New England Water Science Center

Geophysical Logs of Selected Wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund Site in the Village of Holley, New York, 2009

Geophysical logs were collected and analyzed to define the bedrock fracture patterns and flow zones penetrated by three wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund Site in the Village of Holley in Orleans County, New York. The work was conducted in December 2009 as part of the investigation of contamination by organic compounds in the shale, mudstone, and sandstone bedrock at the Site. The geophysical lo
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David A.V. Eckhardt, J. Alton Anderson
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Geophysical log analysis of selected test holes and wells in the High Plains Aquifer, Central Platte River Basin, Nebraska

The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Central Platte Natural Resources District is investigating the hydrostratigraphic framework of the High Plains aquifer in the Central Platte River basin. As part of this investigation, a comprehensive set of geophysical logs was collected from six test holes at three sites and analyzed to delineate the penetrated stratigraphic units and characteri
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J. Alton Anderson, Roger H. Morin, James C. Cannia, John H. Williams
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Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program

Geophysical Logs of Selected Test Wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund Site in Holley, New York

In June and July 2006, geophysical logs were collected and analyzed along with rock-core samples to define the bedrock stratigraphy and flow zones penetrated by four test wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund site at Holley in eastern Orleans County, New York. The work was completed as a preliminary part of the investigation of contamination by organic compounds in the shale, mudstone, and sandston
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David A.V. Eckhardt, J. Alton Anderson
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Geophysical, stratigraphic, and flow-zone logs of selected test, monitor, and water-supply wells in Cayuga County, New York

Volatile-organic compounds have been detected in water sampled from more than 50 supply wells between the City of Auburn and Village of Union Springs in Cayuga County, New York, and the area was declared a Superfund site in 2002. In 2001-04, geophysical logs were collected from 37 test, monitor, and water-supply wells as a preliminary part of the investigation of volatile-organic compound contamin
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J. Alton Anderson, John H. Williams, David A.V. Eckhardt, Todd S. Miller
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

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