THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING: A BASIS FOR HYDROGEOLOGIC AND LAND-USE EVALUATIONS

Development of practical mapping techniques to show the three-dimensional distribution of geologic materials directly and to specified depths has significantly improved the ease and accuracy of preparing interpretive maps. The continued development and use of hydrogeologic maps based on the terrain map can be of direct value. Their use will also improve many interpretive maps showing waste disposal and construction conditions and rating geologic conditions for other land uses. In most geologic and hydrogeologic settings, geologic maps based on the stack-unit and terrain concept can provide the regional hydrogeologic predictability necessary for evaluating aquifer conditions and paths of potential contaminant transport, and the general information necessary for regional planning of the development and management of water and other resources. The development of three-dimensional stack-unit and terrain maps in Illinois has focused specifically on the glaciated portions of the state; bedrock has been included in the mapping in thin drift areas. Because the same mapping concepts apply, there is reason to believe stack-unit maps and terrain maps can be constructed for most geologic settings. (TRRL)

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  Association of Engineering Geologists

  P.O. Box 506
  Short Hills, NJ  United States  07078
• Authors:
  • Kempton, J P
  • Cartwright, K
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 317-335
• Serial:
  • Bulletin of the Assoc of Engineering Geologists
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Association of Engineering Geologists
  • ISSN: 0004-5691

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aquifers; Bedrock; Classification; Evaluation and assessment; Geological surveying; Geology; Hydrogeology; Hydrology; Land use; Mapping; Maps; Mathematical models; Rocks; Soils; Surveying; Terrain; Waste disposal
• Old TRIS Terms: Geologic mapping; Hydrogeological values
• ITRD Terms: 8513: Classification; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 4053: Geology; 4332: Hydrology; 4074: Map; 4154: Rock; 4156: Soil; 4025: Surveying (land); 9080: Three dimensional
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392720
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM