Fracture Trace and Lineament Analysis: Application to Ground Water Characterization and Protection
This opportunity presents instruction in the skills of identifying
bedrock type and mapping fractures and lineaments of stereopair aerial
photographs and appropriate satellite images for investigative site
analyses. Fracture trace and photogeologic analysis is a recognized
field tool hydrogeologists, geoscientists, and engineers use for
locating high-yield wells and/or wellfields, springs, wetlands, and
pollutant sources; siting monitoring wells in aquifers dominated by
fracture flow; intercepting pollutants for aquifer restoration; and
characterizing the state and nature of bedrock and surficial deposits
for foundation and slope stability investigations and related
geotechnical projects (room stability in mines and tunnels, landfills,
and dam sites). Geoscientists and engineers with a working knowledge of
fracture trace analysis eliminate much guesswork and uncertainty
involved in field projects.