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Transient Electromagnetic Data from East Falmouth MA

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2015
End Date
2018

Citation

Johnson, C.D., White, E.A., Phillips, S.N., Pappas, K.L., Hull, R.B., LeBlanc, D.R., and Lane Jr, J.W., 2019, Transient Electromagnetics, Passive Seismic, and Borehole Electromagnetics, Gamma, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods to Characterize Glacial Sediments in East Falmouth, Massachusetts, Near Nantucket Sound: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://doi.org/10.5066/F7P26X0Z.

Summary

On June 5, 2015, transient electromagnetic (TEM) data were acquired on the baseball field at the East Falmouth, Massachusetts Elementary School approximately 30 m north the well MA-FWS-750. Transient electromagnetic induction (TEM) surveys provide resistivity soundings of the subsurface, which can be related to lithology and hydrogeology. Electrical current is cycled through a wire placed on the land surface in a transmitter loop (Tx), which in turn produces a static magnetic field. When the current is abruptly terminated, an instantaneous current is induced in the earth, and it moves downward and outward as the induced current decays with time. The decay is controlled by the resistivity of the earth. One or more receivers (Rx) at [...]

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Purpose

The purpose of this data release is to provide the geophysical data that were collected to improve understanding of the glacial history and hydrogeologic properties of the unconsolidated aquifer in East Falmouth, Massachusetts, near Nantucket Sound. This subfolder contains transient electromagnetic (TEM) data used to determine the subsurface resistivity structure.

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