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Martin 0009-0009-8533-2832

Morris 0000-0002-3310-3175

Abstract

This fracture map is a compilation of joint locations and faults mapped in Warren County, Kentucky, and provides orientations of fractures (joints and faults) for hydrological, geotechnical, slope stability, and rockfall mitigation analysis. The joint data include orientations collected from 2023 to 2024, and those collected during the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologic mapping of the Woodburn 7.5 -minute quadrangle (Shawe, 1963c). New joint orientations were measured to fill gaps in the published geologic map data. Joints are fractures with no appreciable movement parallel to the fracture plane and only slight movement normal to the fracture plane, whereas faults exhibit movement parallel to the fracture plane. Joints are extensional features that form due to tectonic, hydraulic, unloading, and release stresses (Engelder, 1985). Joints are symbolized on the map as either vertical or inclined (dipping). Joints intersecting at one location are symbolized as joint sets.

Publication Date

4-2026

Series

14

Issue Number

1

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.14.mc.1.2026

Spatial Coverage

Warren County, Kentucky

Map Scale

1:100,000

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Archival

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