John W Lane, Jr., Ph.D.
Dr. John Lane is Senior Advisor for Water for International Programs.
As Chief of the USGS Hydrogeophysics Branch, Dr. John W. Lane, Jr. provided leadership and support to USGS offices across the Water Resources Mission Area in the application of geophysical methods for groundwater investigations.
Dr. Lane supervised Branch applied research, technical support, and technology transfer programs utilizing borehole, surface, and airborne geophysical methods including emerging applications of small unmanned aircraft systems.
Dr. Lane's applied research focuses on the development of quantitative geophysical methods in fractured rock and porous media, geophysical assessment of hydrologic processes, and on the application of hydrogeophysical methods for water resource and contamination assessment studies. Development and implementation of geophysical training and support for diverse audiences is a key component of Dr. Lane’s work. Dr. Lane has developed and supervised national, international, regional, and local instruction for USGS scientists and other cooperating agency personnel on the use of geophysics for groundwater exploration, water-resource assessment, and to address groundwater contamination and environmental engineering problems.
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Use of vertical-radar profiling to estimate porosity at two New England sites and comparison with neutron log porosity
Cross-hole radar scanning of two vertical, permeable, reactive-iron walls at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Geohydrologic assessment of crystalline bedrock for the New York City water-tunnel project by use of advanced borehole-geophysical methods
Subsurface fracture measurement by polarimetric borehole radar at the Mirror Lake site
Mapping hydraulically permeable fractures using directional borehole radar and hole-to-hole tomography with a saline tracer
Use of multi-offset borehole-radar reflection method in fractured crystalline bedrock at Mirror Lake, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Use of time-lapse attenuation-difference radar tomography methods to monitor saline tracer transport in fractured crystalline bedrock
Use of borehole-radar methods to monitor the movement of a saline tracer in carbonate rock at Belvidere, Illinois
Cross‐hole radar attenuation tomography using a frequency centroid down‐shift method: Consideration of non‐linear frequency dependence of EM wave attenuation
Orientation and characteristics of fractures in crystalline bedrock determined by surface and borehole geophysical surveys, Millville and Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Application of adaptive of noise-canceling methods to ground-penetrating radar data
Geophysical characterization of a fractured-bedrock aquifer and blast-fractured contaminant-recovery trench
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Use of vertical-radar profiling to estimate porosity at two New England sites and comparison with neutron log porosity
No abstract available.AuthorsMarc L. Buursink, John W. Lane, W.P. Clement, Michael D. KnollCross-hole radar scanning of two vertical, permeable, reactive-iron walls at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
A pilot-scale study was conducted by the U.S. Army National Guard (USANG) at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to assess the use of a hydraulic-fracturing method to create vertical, permeable walls of zero-valent iron to passively remediate ground water contaminated with chlorinated solvents. The study was conducted near the source area of the Chemical Spill-AuthorsJohn W. Lane, Peter K. Joesten, Jennifer G. SavoieGeohydrologic assessment of crystalline bedrock for the New York City water-tunnel project by use of advanced borehole-geophysical methods
No abstract available.AuthorsFrederick Stumm, Frederick L. Paillet, John H. Williams, John W. LaneSubsurface fracture measurement by polarimetric borehole radar at the Mirror Lake site
No abstract available.AuthorsMoriyasu Takeshita, John W. Lane, Motoyuki SateMapping hydraulically permeable fractures using directional borehole radar and hole-to-hole tomography with a saline tracer
Reflection-mode borehole radar and transmission-mode radar tomograms image heterogeneity in the electromagnetic properties of rock. Heterogeneity may be produced by interfaces between different rock types, foliation, and fracturing. In crystalline rock, hydraulic flow is primarily through fracture networks rather than through the rock matrix. Borehole radar methods have been applied to help map flAuthorsDavid L. Wright, John W. LaneUse of multi-offset borehole-radar reflection method in fractured crystalline bedrock at Mirror Lake, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Multi-offset, single-hole, borehole-radar reflection surveys were conducted at the U.S. Geological Survey Fractured Rock Research Site at Mirror Lake, in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The study was conducted to evaluate the benefits of applying multi-offset seismic processing techniques to borehole-radar reflection surveys in fractured rock.The multi-offset reflection surveys were conducted in coAuthorsJohn W. Lane, F. P. Haeni, Roelof J. VersteegUse of time-lapse attenuation-difference radar tomography methods to monitor saline tracer transport in fractured crystalline bedrock
No abstract available.AuthorsJohn W. Lane, F. P. Haeni, Frederick D. Day-LewisUse of borehole-radar methods to monitor the movement of a saline tracer in carbonate rock at Belvidere, Illinois
Common-depth (CD) radar surveys and cross-hole radar tomography methods were used to monitor the movement of a saline tracer in a dual-porosity dolomite aquifer at Belvidere, Illinois. The tracer test was conducted using an array of six open-hole bedrock wells at the Parson’s Casket Hardware Superfund site. The injection and recovery boreholes were about 20 m (meters) apart, and the imaging borehoAuthorsJohn W. Lane, Peter K. Joesten, F. P. Haeni, Mark Vendl, Douglas J. YeskisCross‐hole radar attenuation tomography using a frequency centroid down‐shift method: Consideration of non‐linear frequency dependence of EM wave attenuation
This paper presents a cross-hole radar attenuation tomography method based on analysis of the down-shift in the spectrum centroid frequency, and spectral broadening of the received radar signals. The method uses a parameter that combines centroid frequency down shift and variance increase for the projection function to construct the tomography algorithm. In comparison with other methods for estimaAuthorsLanbo Liu, Chaoguang Zhou, John W. Lane, F. P. HaeniOrientation and characteristics of fractures in crystalline bedrock determined by surface and borehole geophysical surveys, Millville and Uxbridge, Massachusetts
No abstract available.AuthorsB. P. Hansen, John W. LaneApplication of adaptive of noise-canceling methods to ground-penetrating radar data
No abstract available.AuthorsG. Placzek, John W. LaneGeophysical characterization of a fractured-bedrock aquifer and blast-fractured contaminant-recovery trench
No abstract available.AuthorsJohn W. Lane, F. P. Haeni, Susan Soloyanis, G. Placzek, J. H. Williams, C. D. Johnson, M. L. Buursink, P. K. Joesten, K. D. Knutson - Software