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Velocity models and first break picks, Success Dam spillway seismic refraction survey, Porterville, California

December 2018 and July 2019

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2018-12-10
End Date
2019-07-26

Citation

Burton, B.L., Hunter, L.E., Cox, E.M., Lindsay, K.M., Galloway, R.G., and Nguyen, H., 2020, Success Dam Spillway seismic refraction survey, Porterville, California, December 2018 and July 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96U1EYD.

Summary

Compressional- (P-) wave seismic refraction data were acquired in December 2018 and July 2019 along fourteen profiles within the spillway of Success Dam in Porterville, California. A new concrete ogee weir is planned for construction within the existing spillway, and the P-wave seismic velocity models will be used to inform further geotechnical investigations, including siting new geologic borings, and the advanced engineering design phases in terms of rock rippability and relative rock hardness/competency. Data acquisition, processing, and modeling were conducted collaboratively between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District. Data were acquired with Geometrics Geodes seismographs [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Bethany L Burton
Originator :
Bethany L Burton, Lewis E. Hunter, Evan M. Cox, Kyle M. Lindsay, Ronald G. Galloway, Henry Nguyen
Metadata Contact :
Bethany L. Burton, U.S. Geological Survey, Rocky Mountain Region
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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SuccessSeismic_2018_2019_IntVelModels.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		20.23 KB application/fgdc+xml
SuccessSeismic_DataDictionary_SeisIntVelModels.csv 1.47 KB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_SeisIntVelModels_L11_232.csv 3.95 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_SeisIntVelModels_L4_235.csv 3.88 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_SeisIntVelModels_L7_209.csv 5.34 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_SeisIntVelModels_L10_260.csv 4.48 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_SeisIntVelModels_L15_358.csv 6.1 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_SeisIntVelModels_L1L3L5L6L8L12L13_210.csv 33.22 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_SeisIntVelModels_L14_360.csv 6.12 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_SeisIntVelModels_L9_220.csv 3.82 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_DataDictionary_FirstBreakTT.csv 1.25 KB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_FirstBreakTT.csv 9.88 MB text/csv
SuccessSeismic_InvertedIntVelSection_TTCurvePlots.pdf 8.21 MB application/pdf

Purpose

These data were collected to contribute high-resolution information about subsurface geologic structure that will be used to inform further geotechnical investigations and engineering design phases for construction of a new concrete ogee weir and road relocation in the existing Success Dam spillway.

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