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1 ca.aaawe&l th ot Jluaao~aetta ~ariant ot Publio Horka
John A• Volpe. Ccalllaaiaaer
v. 8. ~rt.nt ot the IDterior.
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Geol~ioal &urny W. B· Wrather, Direotor
Cooperatift Geologia Projeot
Geolar;io InterpretatiOD ot Seiaio Data
Relooation ot Route IJ Cut, Statiaaa aM-aaa
iD Billerioa, Ma•••
2 papa ot tep; a plate• .I
Boatam, Kaaaaobuaetta Deoeber 1961.
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Geo1oc1o aDil a.s...s., nwtlea..,.. ado ot tb11 alto 1a Ootober 1111,
pn.&ri1J' for the parpoeo of oba'laSJII 4ata 'Uiat wCN1.4 aid 111 eata'bllablq
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a 11'&4• tor the propoaed JdciiRJ• A np .. t • tM polosr ot tbe al~
topther with the lllterprnatlca \ ot 1abe ••l..S.o data tba11 •v• ob11&1M4 at
tld.a td•·'waa au~t11od 117 J-• •· llapard aa4 Roben ~ Baal•oo4 (t11o
repon ot OoMbor 1111 )• £441 tl-.1 aelalo work •• portoi'IMCl at tbla alile
1D llaroh 111iiJ Xr. •· •· Chu41er, •cmeor, Jlaaaaohaanta Dopariaet ot
Pub11o WOI'ka, oporatecl the ael..S.o oqulJ!MD ail tbla 11Sae. tbla la11or Wl'k
•• clao to obtain 1Dtonaa11101l tbat wCNlcl •...-•• 1iM claa ot tbo prolla'•rt
111rNT auttlol•tlJ 'io pem111 oailtawa 'tlo be .aclo ot 1;he Cl111.D"tl•• ot
•torlala to 'be aeaft1iocl tr• tlw oGt. !hla rep .. t ooll1oalu tha po1oc1o
1Dilerprotat1GD of 1iM auppl--tarr ael..S.o clata 1;bat were obW.Saocl cl111'1q
tile Jlarob 1111 1111"ft7• !be work •• pvtoi'Mcl u a pan ot a ooaporatlw
projoot ot t1ao aaaaohunta Depana•t ot Pub11o Work• aD4 ~ UD1W S'atea
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..,_._ a4clltlaaal .. s.aalo vawn•• wre -.cle at thla lite. !Jio
1 .... tlcal of the M011 pob\1 aa4 the anq••t of tiM tr&YOJ" .. llUI U
•.-..,eel IDeS plotted bJ' tJa. State IDpn•r• are ahOWD oa •••t OllO•
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Su~aurtaee lDterere•atiOD
Ta. geologic aeotS.oaa aa interpreted tr0111 the .avtaoe geology and the
aeiaic data are ahCMD on abMta two aad thr"• Tbe avtaoe protile aeotioaa
tor theae geolocio aeoticma were pr41pared by the State BD&iDeera.
With the e:meptioa ot aeotion r •-3 • • all or the eeotioaa aheM bedrock
at relati•elr aballow d•tha, a to 1-6 te.t belCM the aurtace ot the groundJ
alq aeotlon r•-a• the maxlaua depth ia 26 teet. . Beoa\lae the aei•ic work tor 'tb!a project •• pertomed ia the wirlter,
the rea\llta aubmltted iD thia report may ha"Ye a lower order ot reliabili'tJ
than would be true it the work had been pertOI"'Iled duriDg a more favorable
aeaaon ot the rear. The rRICID tor thia ia tbat a acne ot trozen aoil •akea
it ver,y dittic\llt to obtain-good aeiamograaa tbat will yield reliable
Yelocit,y data that oan be iaterpreted with oontidenoe.
The oCIIlparatln indetiniteneae of the data on whioh the bedrock protilea
are baaed waa oauaed primarily bJ the ahal.lc. deptha to bedrock and the
preeenoe ot a diaoontinuoue layer ot frozen material occurring ee .. ral inobea
belCM the aurtaoe of the gro\1114. Although the beclrook protilea we ahown bJ
aooth curwe, tbe actual bedrock aurtace ia undoubtedly more irregular
· than theae generalized curna would indioate, ao that numeroua amall knob••
ridgea and. d.epreaeicma a&J oocur both abcwe and belCM the plotted bedrock
profile a.
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SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT
· llfnltPRIETATI¥!E GIEOLOIIC SECTIONS ALONG SEISMIC TltAVEitSIES
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BILLERICA 1 ROUTE NO. 3
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