%0 Conference Proceedings %B Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America %D 2004 %T Fracture characterization of crystalline bedrock for groundwater investigations; an example from the Marlborough Quadrangle, Massachusetts %A Scott A Salamoff %A Stephen B Mabee %A Joseph P Kopera %A Donald U Wise %K #StaffPubs %K aquifers %K Assabet River Fault %K BEDROCK %K characterization %K controls %K crystalline rocks %K fractured materials %K fractures %K geographic information systems %K ground water %K Hydrogeology 21 %K hydrology %K information systems %K joints %K Marlborough Quadrangle %K massachusetts %K Middlesex County Massachusetts %K permeability %K preferential flow %K recharge %K style %K testing %K theoretical models %K United States %X Integration of a wide array of structural data with well-field hydrologic testing is increasingly recognized as a critical step in understanding groundwater flow behavior and recharge in crystalline bedrock aquifers (Lyford et al., 2003, Walsh and Lyford, 2002). The Marlborough Quadrangle, about 40 km west of Boston, was selected as a test case of how a state geological survey can most effectively and efficiently collect and present such data in order to better constrain conceptual models of groundwater flow in general and to be of maximum use for hydrologists and consultants working on specific local problems. In this study, 3200 structural measurements were taken by a two-person team over a nine-week period at 68 stations distributed throughout the quadrangle and keyed into a GIS database. Specialized data sheets allowed efficient recording and digitization of orientations, lengths, spacing and mineralization, and separation of various classes of joints and veins. Fault data also included motion direction and sense. Summary maps in GIS format include standard geologic map bases overlain by typical rose diagrams and stereograms and maps such as fracture domains and trajectories, sheeting distribution, foliation trajectories, bedrock elevations, generalized piezometric surface configuration, and overburden type and thickness with separations into permeability class. Geology of the quadrangle can be separated into three zones: (a) north of the Assabet River Fault (ARF), (b) the area between the ARF and 1.5 km-wide Bloody Bluff Fault Zone (BBFZ), and (c) south of the BBFZ. Generalized foliations in the zones are: (a) 215, 50N, (b) 240, 65N, and (c) 270, 45N. Two pervasive, steeply-dipping (>60 degrees ) fracture sets occur throughout the quadrangle: an older 150 degrees set that includes sulfide-bearing veins and fracture surfaces along the ARF and a 015 degrees set of largely unmineralized common joints, macrojoints (>3 m length) and joint zones (av. 1.2 m width). Sheeting and unloading joints are generally coincident with shallow dipping foliation in (c) but cross-cut foliation in (a) and (b). We believe this approach will provide hydrologists and consultants with basic framework data that will expedite and improve the planning of subsurface investigations, construction activities and groundwater exploration. %B Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America %I Geological Society of America (GSA) : Boulder, CO, United States %C United States %V 36 %P 113 - 113 %8 2004/03/01/ %@ 00167592 %G eng %U https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004NE/finalprogram/abstract_70321.htm %N 22 %! Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America %0 Conference Proceedings %B Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America %D 1989 %T Ground truth? Relationship between lineaments and bedrock fabric %A Stephen B Mabee %A Hardcastle, Kenneth C. %A Donald U Wise %K #StaffPubs %K aerial photography %K BEDROCK %K fabric %K faults %K fractures %K granites %K ground truth %K igneous rocks %K joints %K lineaments %K Maine %K orientation %K pegmatite %K plutonic rocks %K quartz veins %K SLAR %K structural analysis %K Structural geology %K Structural geology 16 %K United States %K veins %B Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America %I Geological Society of America (GSA) : Boulder, CO, United States %C United States %V 21 %P A68 - A68 %8 1989/01/01/ %@ 00167592 %G eng %N 66 %! Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America %0 Journal Article %J Ground Water Management %D 1990 %T Correlation of lineaments and bedrock fracture fabric; implications for regional fractured-bedrock aquifer studies, preliminary results from Georgetown, Maine %A Stephen B Mabee %A Hardcastle, Kenneth C. %A Donald U Wise %K #StaffPubs %K aquifers %K fractured materials %K fractures %K geophysical surveys %K Georgetown Maine %K ground water %K hydrogeology %K Hydrogeology 21 %K imagery %K Maine %K remote sensing %K Sagadahoc County Maine %K SLAR %K surveys %K United States %B Ground Water Management %I Water Well Journal Pub. Co. : Dublin, OH, United States %C United States %V 3 %P 283 - 297 %8 1990/01/01/ %@ 10479023 %G eng %U http://info.ngwa.org/gwol/pdf/900156672.PDF %! Ground Water Management %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Structural Geology %D 2008 %T Influence of rock fabric on fracture attribute distribution and implications for groundwater flow in the Nashoba Terrane, eastern Massachusetts %A Alex K Manda %A Stephen B Mabee %A Donald U Wise %K #StaffPubs %K foliation %K fractures %K ground water %K Hydrogeology 21 %K joints %K massachusetts %K movement %K Nashoba terrane %K preferred orientation %K statistical distribution %K structural analysis %K Structural geology %K style %K terranes %K United States %X Attributes (i.e. trace-length, spacing, termination and orientation) of joints and foliation-parallel fractures (FPFs) are used to assess the influence of lithology and fabric on fracture type and distribution in metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Nashoba terrane, Massachusetts. Orientations of NE-SW and NW-SE trending joints are consistent throughout the region, whereas FPFs are sub-parallel to the axis of the terrane. Joint spacing generally decreases to the northeast across the terrane reflecting lithologic changes from metamorphic to igneous rock types. Although trace-length and spacing frequency distributions of both joints and FPFs are best described by lognormal functions, FPFs possess narrower fracture spacing than joints. Median fracture trace-lengths of all FPFs are comparable to those of all steep joints, but the median fracture spacing is half that of all steep joints. Trace-lengths of FPFs vary as a function of the degree of development of foliation. Fracture attributes and groundwater flow models suggest that FPFs may significantly increase fracture connectivity and potential for groundwater recharge. FPFs may account for as much as 30% of flow in fracture networks suggesting that in addition to joints, FPFs play a significant role in groundwater hydraulics that may include imparting flow anisotropy on the groundwater system. %B Journal of Structural Geology %I Elsevier : Oxford, International %C International %V 30 %P 464 - 477 %8 2008/04/01/ %@ 01918141 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191814107002362 %N 44 %! Journal of Structural Geology %0 Journal Article %J Ground Water %D 1994 %T A method of collecting and analyzing lineaments for regional-scale fractured-bedrock aquifer studies %A Stephen B Mabee %A Hardcastle, Kenneth C. %A Donald U Wise %K #StaffPubs %K aquifers %K BEDROCK %K coastal environment %K fractured materials %K Georgetown Island %K ground water %K Hydrogeology 21 %K Knox County Maine %K lineaments %K Maine %K mapping %K mathematical methods %K processes %K tectonics %K United States %X A new method is proposed for collecting and reducing large collections of lineament data. The method consists of three steps: (1) collection of lineament data using multiple observers, multiple observation trials, and several types of imagery; (2) reproducibility tests; and (3) domain overlap analysis. Collection of lineament data and reproducibility tests are performed by overlaying lineament maps drawn by several observers or by superimposing multiple maps prepared by a single observer and identifying lineaments which are coincident (coincident lineaments = lineaments that have azimuths within 5 ± and separation distances are within 1–2 mm at the scale of drawing). Domain overlap analysis is accomplished by measuring the trends of near-vertical fractures at outcrops distributed over the study region and comparing the spatial distribution of these trends with similar-trending coincident lineaments. Lineaments that are not reproducible and are not geographically correlative with fractures are considered unimportant and removed from the data base. The method was applied to a 44 km2 study area in Maine and resulted in a reduction in the lineament data base from 6500 to 217. Transmissivities determined for bedrock wells located within 30 meters of lineaments that are both reproducible and geographically correlative with outcrop-scale fractures are generally higher than the transmissivities of wells located near lineaments that are not separated on the basis of these criteria. Application of the method serves as an important filter by providing a more manageable lineament data base from which to begin detailed field checking and/or geophysical surveys directed toward specific lineaments. %B Ground Water %I National Water Well Association, Ground-Water Technology Division : Urbana, IL, United States %C United States %V 32 %P 884 - 894 %8 1994/12/01/ %@ 0017467X %G eng %U http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-6584.1994.tb00928.x/abstract %N 66 %! Ground Water %0 Report %D 2003 %T Preliminary Geology and Assessment of Groundwater Potential at Cresta de Sacramento, Palpa, Peru: Field Report – July 2002 %A Donald U Wise %A Stephen B Mabee %A Hardcastle, K.C. %K #StaffPubs %K aquifer %K Atacama Desert %K groundwater %K lineament %K Nazca lines %K Peru %X

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