James, S.R., and Minsley, B.J., 2021, Combined results and derivative products of hydrogeologic structure and properties from airborne electromagnetic surveys in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ver. 2.0, July 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9382RCI.
Summary
Electrical resistivity results from four regional airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveys (Burton et al. 2024, Hoogenboom et al. 2023, Minsley et al. 2021, Burton et al. 2021) over the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) were combined by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to produce three-dimensional (3D) gridded models and derivative hydrogeologic products. The 3D elevation grid was used to quantify across the MAP region 1) the occurrence and thickness of surficial (< 15 meter (m) depth) confining material, 2) the top and bottom elevation corresponding to the surficial confining material, and 3) a metric representing the degree of surface confinement or connectivity that ranges from fully confining conditions to high potential hydrologic [...]
Summary
Electrical resistivity results from four regional airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveys (Burton et al. 2024, Hoogenboom et al. 2023, Minsley et al. 2021, Burton et al. 2021) over the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) were combined by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to produce three-dimensional (3D) gridded models and derivative hydrogeologic products. The 3D elevation grid was used to quantify across the MAP region 1) the occurrence and thickness of surficial (< 15 meter (m) depth) confining material, 2) the top and bottom elevation corresponding to the surficial confining material, and 3) a metric representing the degree of surface confinement or connectivity that ranges from fully confining conditions to high potential hydrologic connectivity. These products were generated using the updated 12-class facies classifications of the 3D electrical resistivity model. See child item “Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP): Electrical Resistivity & Facies Classification Grids” for more details on the facies classes. The final surfaces and hydrogeologic metrics were exported as raster images in Georeferenced Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF) format.
Burton, B.L., Adams, R.F. Adams, Minsley, B.J., Pace, M.D.M., Kress, W.H., Rigby, J.R., and Bussell, A.M., 2024, Airborne electromagnetic, magnetic, and radiometric survey of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, March 2018 and May - August 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KPK3UJ.
Hoogenboom, B.E., Minsley, B.J., James, S.R., and Pace, M.D., 2023, Airborne electromagnetic, magnetic, and radiometric survey of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Mississippi Embayment, and Gulf Coastal Plain, September 2021 - January 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93DO0EO.
Burton, B.L., Minsley, B.J., Bloss, B.R., and Kress, W.H., 2021, Airborne electromagnetic, magnetic, and radiometric survey of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, November 2018 - February 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XBBBUU.
Minsley, B.J., James, S.R., Bedrosian, P.A., Pace, M.D., Hoogenboom, B.E., and Burton, B.L., 2021, Airborne electromagnetic, magnetic, and radiometric survey of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, November 2019 - March 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E44CTQ.
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_TopElevation.tif “top elevation of surface confining material”
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Purpose
These data were combined and created to provide high-resolution information about hydrogeologic structure and properties to aid interpretations, hydrologic models, water resource studies, and local decision-making concerning the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial aquifer.