2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 6
Sunday, 22 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T12. Fractured Rock Characterization in Applied Geology

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)

 

William C. Haneberg and Judy Ehlen, Advocates
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8:00 AM
HYDROGEOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF GRANITE IN AN UNDERGROUND PETROLEUM STORAGE AREA
HAMM, Se-Yeong, RYU, Sang-Hoon, JANG, Seong, CHA, Yong-Hoon and CHEONG, Jae-Yeol, Department of Geology, College of Science, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea, Busan, rsh80@pusan.ac.kr, rsh80@pusan.ac.kr
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8:15 AM
CHARACTERIZING FRACTURED CRYSTALLINE BEDROCK AQUIFERS USING HYDROSTRUCTURAL DOMAINS IN THE NASHOBA TERRANE, EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
MANDA, Alex K., MABEE, Stephen B. and BOUTT, David F., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, Amanda@geo.umass.edu, Amanda@geo.umass.edu
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8:30 AM
CHARACTERIZING FRACTURED ROCK AQUIFERS OF THE BLUE RIDGE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE USING SURFACE AND DOWNHOLE GEOPHYSICAL METHODS
LAUER, Rachel M., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, BURBEY, Thomas J., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060 and ANDERSON Jr, William P., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608-2067, rmlauer@vt.edu, rmlauer@vt.edu
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8:45 AM
AZIMUTHAL GEOELECRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF FRACTURE FLOW IN THE NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS BEDROCK
WISHART, DeBonne Natalie, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 101 Warren Street, Smith Hall 141, Newark, NJ 07102-1811, SLATER, Lee D., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren St, Smith 136, Newark, NJ 07102 and GATES, Alexander, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ, Newark, NJ 07102, debonnewishart@yahoo.com, debonnewishart@yahoo.com
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9:00 AM
FAULT GEOMETRY AND LITHOFACIE CONTROLS ON THE HYDROSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS
FAITH, Jason R., U.S. Geological Survey, 5563 De Zavala Rd, Bldg. 2, Suite 290, San Antonio, TX 78249 and BLOME, Charles D., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, jfaith@usgs.gov, jfaith@usgs.gov
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9:15 AM
MULTISCALE FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH, BOISE, IDAHO
HOFFMAN, Bernadette Acker, NORTHRUP, CJ, WILKINS, David and MCNAMARA, James, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, BernadetteHoffman@mail.boisestate.edu, BernadetteHoffman@mail.boisestate.edu
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9:30 AM
SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF FAULTED, SEDIMENTARY BEDROCK AT THE FORMER NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER, WEST TRENTON, NEW JERSEY
ELLEFSEN, Karl J.1, LACOMBE, Pierre J.2, WILLIAMS, Jackie M.1 and SMITH, Nicholas P.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, MS 964, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, USGS New Jersey Water Science Center, 810 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628, ellefsen@usgs.gov, ellefsen@usgs.gov
 
9:45 AM
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10:00 AM
FRACTURE OPENING, BURIAL DIAGENESIS, AND FRACTURE SEALING AS LINKED PROCESSES CONTROLLING PERMEABILITY IN UPPER CRETACEOUS MESAVERDE GROUP SANDSTONES, PICEANCE BASIN, COLORADO
LAUBACH, Stephen E.1, LANDER, Robert2, WILSON, Christopher E.3, OZKAN, Aysen4, OLSON, Jon E.5, BONNELL, Linda M.2, GALE, Julia F.W.3 and EICHHUBL, Peter3, (1)Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, P.O. Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, (2)Geocosm LLC, 3311 San Mateo Drive, Austin, TX 78738, (3)Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Box X, University Station, Austin, TX 78713-8924, (4)Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C1100, Austin, TX 78712, (5)Dept. of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton St., Stop C0300, Austin, TX 78712, ozkana@mail.utexas.edu, ozkana@mail.utexas.edu
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10:15 AM
VARIATIONS IN SMALL FAULT DENSITIES AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTER WITH WELDING IN THE BANDELIER TUFF, NM, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VADOSE-ZONE FLUID FLOW
RILEY, Paul, The Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, GOODWIN, Laurel, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 and LEWIS, Claudia J., Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Lab, P.O. Box 1663, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, priley@geology.wisc.edu, priley@geology.wisc.edu
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10:30 AM
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10:45 AM
POTENTIAL ERRORS IN CHARACTERIZING JOINT PROPERTIES
EHLEN, Judy, Geology, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142, judyehlen@hotmail.com, judyehlen@hotmail.com
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11:00 AM
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINING MODALITY OF STREAM ORIENTATION DATA
MOURI, Sassan and HALIHAN, Todd, School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, sassan@okstate.edu, sassan@okstate.edu
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11:15 AM
COMPARISON OF COALESCENCE BEHAVIOR BETWEEN NATURAL OUTCROPS AND LABORATORY TESTING SPECIMENS
WONG, Louis N.Y., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 1-337, Cambridge, MA 02139 and EINSTEIN, Herbert, H., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 1-342, Cambridge, MA 02139, lnywong@mit.edu, lnywong@mit.edu
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11:30 AM
MEASUREMENT AND VISUALIZATION OF DIRECTIONAL ROUGHNESS PROFILES USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUDS
HANEBERG, William C., Haneberg Geoscience, 10208 39th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98146, bill@haneberg.com, bill@haneberg.com
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