Special Session on The Influence of Scale on Characterization of Fractured-Rock Aquifers at the AGU 2003 Fall Meeting

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is sponsoring a special session on "The Influence of Scale on Characterization of Fractured-Rock Aquifers" (session H15) at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 8-12, 2003. The objective of the session is to address the influence of scale on hydrogeologic investigations by bringing together hydrologists, geologists, geophysicists, and others involved in fractured-rock studies, in order to better understand the relationship between scale of investigation and the amount and nature of geologic information that is needed to adequately characterize a fractured-rock aquifer. It is hoped that the information presented at the session can be used by water-resource managers to develop better management policies for communities that rely on fractured rock aquifers and by those tasked with cleaning up contaminated sites located above fractured-rock aquifers.

USGS Presentations

• Influence of Fracture Trends on Ground Water Flow Directions in Metamorphic Bedrock Aquifers, Eastern Massachusetts: Walsh, G.J., and Lyford, F.P.
• Statewide Characterization of Bedrock Fractures in Connecticut for Hydrogeologic Purposes: Burton, W.C., Stone, J.R., Walsh, G.J., and Starn, J.J.

Conveners

• William C. Burton, USGS, Reston, VA,
• Allen M. Shapiro, USGS, Reston, VA,

More Information

• Poster Session Agenda
• Oral Session Agenda
• Session Description (session H15), AGU
• Abstract Submission Information, August 28, 2003, is the deadline for abstract submissions by postal or express mail, and September 4, 2003, 14:00 Universal Time, is the deadline for electronic online abstract submissions.
• General 2003 Meeting Information, AGU