Geophysical well log data for study of water flow in fractures near Mirror Lake, West Thornton, New Hampshire

Open-File Report 85-340
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Four closely spaced boreholes were drilled through approximately 20 meters of till into schist bedrock near Mirror Lake, West Thornton, New Hampshire. The site was selected for borehole geophysical research because it is included in a detailed groundwater study where the effects of flow in fractures on flow in overlying drift deposits is being studied. Three of the boreholes are approximately 100 meters in depth, and the fourth is approximately 230 meters in depth. All four boreholes were logged with caliper, acoustic, gamma, single-point-resistivity, and acoustic televiewer logs. Fracture sets dipping approximately 45 degrees to the east were detected in all four boreholes. Two sets of deeper fractures were detected near the bottom of the deepest borehole. Acoustic waveform logs were obtained in all boreholes using three different source frequencies, 34, 15, and 5 kilohertz, for future comparison with surface to borehole seismic data.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geophysical well log data for study of water flow in fractures near Mirror Lake, West Thornton, New Hampshire
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 85-340
DOI 10.3133/ofr85340
Year Published 1985
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description vi, 27 p.
Country United States
State New Hampshire
City West Thornton
Other Geospatial Mirror Lake
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