Fractured-Rock Aquifers 2002

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) along with the National Ground Water Association and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are co-sponsoring Fractured-Rock Aquifers 2002 in Denver, Colorado, March 13-15, 2002. The goal of the conference is to foster communication between policymakers, land-use planners, and ground water scientists to promote the sustainable use of vulnerable natural resources. Scientists from the Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program will present the following papers on an approach to characterizing fractured rock aquifers. This apporach was developed at the Toxics Program's Mirror Lake Fractured Rock Research Site, New Hampshire, and integrates the use of hydraulic, geochemical, and geophysical information.

• Characterizing Fractured Rock for Water Supply: From the Well Field to the Watershed, by Allen M. Shapiro, U.S. Geological Survey
• Use of Geophysical, Hydraulic, and Geochemical Models to Develop a Site Conceptual Ground-Water Flow Model in Central Connecticut, by Carole D. Johnson, U.S. Geological Survey; and John R. Rastrinos, Haley & Aldrich Inc.
• Detection and Mapping of Fractures and Cavities Using Borehole Radar, by F.P. Haeni, Geophysical Consulting; Lucien Halleux, G-Tec, Carole D. Johnson, U.S. Geological Survey; and John W. Lane Jr., U.S. Geological Survey
• Crosshole-Flowmeter Method for Characterization of Hydraulic Connections in Fractured Rock, by John H. Williams and Fred Paillet, U.S. Geological Survey

In addition to the above presentations by Toxics Program scientists, USGS scientists will give 17 additional presentations.

Related Headlines

• New Paradigm for Fractured Rock Cleanup
  
• What Controls the Migration of Chlorinated Solvents in Fractured Rock?
  
• DNAPL Removal Key to Accelerated, Less Expensive Remediation

More Information

• Ground Water Flow and Transport in Fractured Rock
  
• Geochemical and Microbiological Processes that Affect Migration and Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents in Fractured Sedimentary Rock -- Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Research Site, West Trenton, NJ
  
• Multidisciplinary Characterization of Fluid Flow and Solute Transport in Fractured Rock -- Mirror Lake, New Hampshire
  
• Transport Phenomena in Fractured Rock
• Hydrology of Fractured Rocks
  
• Branch of Geophysics Research with the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Contains information on the geophysical investigation of fractured rock.
  
• Borehole Geophysics as Applied to Geohydrology
  
• Using Seismic Tomography to Characterize Fractured Bedrock

Other USGS Information About Fractured Rock Hydrology

• The Pennsylvania District Fractured Rock Hydrology Research Unit
  

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