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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GeMnliW.t..U

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

GoolCIIioal. avn, •

..,_._ 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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";AN· fllf Tlt;W~ INT!IIPR!TATIYI GEOLOGIC SECTIONS ALONG SEISMIC TltAVEIISES

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BILLERICA 1 ROUTE NO. 3

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SCALE: I INCH. 40 ~UT I DATE : MARCH 1953 T SHEET 3 Of 3