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  6. Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP): Surface Confining Layer & Connectivity

Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP): Surface Confining Layer & Connectivity

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2019-11-01
End Date
2021-02-09

Citation

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 [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Stephanie R James
Originator :
Stephanie R James, Burke J Minsley
Metadata Contact :
Stephanie R James, GS GGGSC DM Team
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
Cooperator/Partner :
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_SurfaceConfiningLayerAndConnectivity.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		21.87 KB application/fgdc+xml
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_BottomElevation.tfw 95 Bytes text/plain
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_BottomElevation.tif
“base elevation of surface confining material” 		3.2 MB image/tiff
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_SurfaceConnectivity.tfw 95 Bytes text/plain
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_SurfaceConnectivity.tif
“degree of confinement or connectivity in surface sediments” 		3.2 MB image/tiff
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_Thickness.tfw 95 Bytes text/plain
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_Thickness.tif
“thickness of surface confining material” 		3.2 MB image/tiff
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_TopElevation.tfw 95 Bytes text/plain
MAP_RegionalAEM_2022_ConfiningLayer_TopElevation.tif
“top elevation of surface confining material” 		3.2 MB image/tiff

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.

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