Installation Restoration Research Program: Assessment of Geophysical Methods for Subsurface Geologic Mapping, Cluster 13, Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Abstract

Seismic refraction, electrical resistivity, and transient electromagnetic surveys were conducted at a portion of Cluster 13, Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Seismic refraction cross sections map the topsoil layer and the water table (saturated zone). The water table elevations from the seismic surveys correlate closely with water table elevations in nearby monitoring wells. Electrical resistivity cross sections reveal a very complicated distribution of sandy and clayey facies in the upper 10 - 15 m of the subsurface. A continuous surficial (topsoil) layer correlates with the surficial layer of the seismic section and nearby boring logs. Below the surficial layer, the complicated facies distribution has resistivities ranging from 25 ohm-m (likely clay) to several thousand ohm-m (dry sands and/or gravels). The complexity and details of the electrical resistivity cross section correlate well with boring and geophysical logs from nearby wells. The transient electromagnetic surveys map the Pleistocene-Cretaceous boundary, the saprolite, and the top of the Precambrian crystalline rocks. Conducting the transient electromagnetic surveys on a grid pattern allows the construction of a three-dimensional representation of subsurface geology (as represented by variations of electrical resistivity). Depths to the Cluster 13 and other areas of the Edgewood Area. Thickness and depth of the saprolitic layer and depth to top of the Precambrian rocks are consistent with generalized geologic cross sections for the Edgewood Area and depths projected from reported depths at the Aberdeen Proving Ground NW boundary using regional dips.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA319063

Entities

People

  • Dwain K. Butler
  • Janet E. Simms
  • José L. Llopis
  • Keith J. Sjostrom
  • Michael K. Sharp

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Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Data Sets
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Geometry
  • Geophysics
  • Groundwater
  • Monitoring
  • Physical Properties
  • Seismic Velocity
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.