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High-Resolution Aeromagnetic Survey of the Hanford Area, Washington

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2009-09-26
End Date
2009-10-24

Citation

Blakely, R.J., Sherrod, B.L., and Weaver, C.S., 2020, High-Resolution Aeromagnetic Survey of the Hanford Area, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A8POB7.

Summary

This data release provides access to a low-altitude, aeromagnetic survey of a part of south-central Washington centered approximately 30 km east of Yakima and referred to as the Hanford aeromagnetic survey. The survey includes the city of Richland, numerous smaller communities, and the Hanford Site (https://www.hanford.gov). The Hanford aeromagnetic survey extends from the Columbia Plateau westward to the Cascade Range and illuminates magnetic anomalies associated with folds and faults of the Yakima folds, including the Toppenish Ridge, Ahtanum Ridge, Umtanum Ridge, Boyleston Mountain, Rattlesnake Mountain, Saddle Mountains, and Frenchman Hills anticlines. These data were acquired during September and October, 2009, by Goldak Airborne [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Richard J Blakely
Process Contact :
Richard J Blakely
Originator :
Richard J Blakely, Brian L Sherrod, Craig S Weaver
Metadata Contact :
Richard J Blakely
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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blakely_hanford5.xml
“Survey description (xml)”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		14.66 KB application/fgdc+xml

“Database (csv)” 		1.15 GB text/csv
Hanford_Mag_Res.gxf
“Gridded data (gxf)” 		13.36 MB application/gxf
Hanford_Tech_Report.pdf
“Survey description (pdf)” 		1.34 MB application/pdf
survey_location_map.jpg
“Survey location map (jpg)” 		thumbnail 924.56 KB image/jpeg
Hanford_Data_Dictionary.pdf
“Data description (pdf)” 		14.08 KB application/pdf

Purpose

These data were acquired to support earthquake hazard investigations and geologic mapping in south-central Washington. Specific geologic targets were various structures in the Yakima folds believed to have produced earthquakes in Quaternary and more recent time. An interpretation of these data is presented in Blakely, R.J., Sherrod, B.L., Weaver, C.S., Wells, R.E., Rohay, A.C., Barnett, E.A., and Knepprath, N.E., 2011, Connecting the Yakima fold and thrust belt to active faults in the Puget Lowland, Washington: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 116, B07105, doi:10.1029/2010JB008091.
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