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Evaluation of borehole geophysical and video logs, at Butz Landfill Superfund Site, Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4173
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri014173

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Abstract

Between February 1996 and November 2000, geophysical logging was conducted in 27 open borehole wells in and adjacent to the Butz Landfill Superfund Site, Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pa., to determine casing depth and depths of water-producing zones, water-receiving zones, and zones of vertical borehole flow. The wells range in depth from 57 to 319 feet below land surface. The geophysical logging determined the placement of well screens and packers, which allow monitoring and sampling of water-bearing zones in the fractured bedrock so that the horizontal and vertical distribution of contaminated ground water migrating from known sources could be determined. Geophysical logging included collection of caliper, natural-gamma, single-point-resistance, fluid-resistivity, fluid-temperature, and video logs. Caliper and video logs were used to locate fractures, joints, and weathered zones. Inflections on single-point-resistance, fluid-temperature, and fluid-resistivity logs indicated possible water-bearing fractures, and heatpulse-flowmeter measurements verified these locations. Natural-gamma logs provided information on stratigraphy.

Suggested Citation

Low, D.J., and Conger, R.W., 2001, Evaluation of borehole geophysical and video logs, at Butz Landfill Superfund Site, Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001–4173, 68 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wri014173.

Table of Contents

  • Abstract 
  • Introduction 
  • Hydrogeology
  • Borehole geophysical and video logs
  • Evaluation of borehole geophysical and video logs
  • Summary
  • References cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Evaluation of borehole geophysical and video logs, at Butz Landfill Superfund Site, Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 2001-4173
DOI 10.3133/wri014173
Year Published 2001
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Description vi, 62 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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