Seismic
profiles from Keene and Smokehouse Lakes show a hard bottom
reflection, possibly well sorted sands, infilling a deeper
karst surface (type 6, A-A).
The strong bottom reflection leads to multiples seen throughout
the data that obscure some of the record. The record is
also partially obscured in areas where the lake bottom
nears the surface and in areas of topographic lows (gray
lines in profiles). This noise could be a result of the
accumulation of organic material in the depressions which
attenuates the acoustic signal. The acoustic characteristics
and their interpretation in the two lakes are similar.
Where the record is not obscured, there are numerous small
low angle reflections with high-angle reflections dipping
toward their center, where the record is obscured (profiles,
type 1). Concentric reflections extend to depth in the
profile. These features may represent solution pipes or
small subsidence into the karst subsurface, which is in
close proximity to the surface in this area. This condition
has a high potential for increased leakage. The distribution
of these features (red outline, Distribution
of Features) shows that they are small and trend along
the periphery of the bathymetric lows of the lake (blue
line, Distribution
of Features). Other lakes surveyed in The Gap show
that the subsurface features better define the bathymetric
lows in the lakes (Lakes Trout,
Hammond, and Dixie).