| Abstract: | A study of ground-water availability in the Gatlinburg area, Tenn., was undertaken to improve concepts of ground-water occurrence in the Blue Ridge and demonstrate that ground water is present in sufficient quantities to provide an alternative to surface water as a source of supply. Of 25 test wells, 8 produced between 50 and 116 gallons per minute. The Gatlinburg area, located on the northern flank of the Great Smoky Mountains , is underlain by fractured, variably metamorphosed, sedimentary rocks. The most effective criteria for choosing well sites were valley areas with 7 percent or less land slope, presence of fracture traces, and deep overburden. Mapped faults were not a good indicator of ground-water occurrence. The largest amounts of ground water occur in irregularly shaped zones of deep and intense weathering in the rocks underlying broad, fracture-controlled valleys. Permeable zones along fractures at depths of 170 feet or less supply most of the water. (USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Zurawski, Ann |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vii, 76 p., 9 over-size sheets :ill., maps (some fold.) ;27 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 79-1167 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Hydrogeology of the Gatlinburg area, Tennessee; 1979; OFR; 79-1167; Zurawski, Ann |
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| Text: | Hydrogeology of the Gatlinburg area, Tennessee; 1979; OFR; 79-1167; Zurawski, Ann |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/1167/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
