FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION BY THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR IMAGING

South-Central Section–40th Annual Meeting (6–7 March 2006)
Paper No. 10-5

Presentation Time: 8:20 AM-12:00 PM

FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION BY THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR IMAGING
RUSSIAN, Carlos, Earth Sciences, The University of Oklahoma, 309 Wadsack Dr F, Norman, OK 73072, carlosrussian@ou.edu and YOUNG, Roger A., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Suite 810, Norman, OK 73019 A comparison has being made to determine a relationship between fractures seen on a quarry wall of Arbuckle-age limestone and ground penetrating radar (GPR) reflections acquired immediately behind the quarry wall. Characterization of these fractures consists of strike and dip determination, intensity of fracturing, fracture aperture, and whether the fracture is open or filled. These results come from features mapped on photography of the quarry wall, and from GPR data processing using seismic reflection methods developed for hydrocarbon exploration. The application of this work is a non-invasive determination of pathways by which surface runoff could percolate into a network of interconnected fractures.
South-Central Section–40th Annual Meeting (6–7 March 2006) General Information for this Meeting

Session No. 10--Booth# 5 Undergraduate Research (Posters) University of Oklahoma, College of Continuing Education: Room A-2/4/6 8:20 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 1, p. 34
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