Airborne electromagnetic, magnetic, and radiometric surveys of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and Chicot Aquifer System, March 2018 and May - August 2021

Airborne geophysical surveys were acquired in March 2018 and May 25 through August 7, 2021 using a helicopter-based platform. These surveys were collected along 10,706 line-kilometers (line-km) within selected areas of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) and the Chicot Aquifer System in the southeastern United States. The airborne geophysical surveys include electromagnetic, magnetic, and radiometric sensor data collected in rivers and levees throughout the two areas to evaluate groundwater and surface-water interaction, riverine ecosystems, and infrastructure. This data release contains three child items that provide: Minimally processed (raw) data supplied by the airborne contractor (Xcalibur Multiphysics)...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: "Geomorphology"], "Hydrology", "Sedimentology", "Stratigraphy", "Water Resources", All tags... Arkansas, Arkansas River, Bayou Lacassine, Bayou Teche, Big Sunflower River, Black River, Bogue Phalia, Calcasieu River, Chicot aquifer, GGGSC, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Illinois, Little Red River, Little Sunflower River, Louisiana, MRVA, Mermentau River, Mississippi, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Mississippi River, Mississippi River Valley Alluvial aquifer, Missouri, Obion River, Ouachita River, Raccourci Old River, Sabine River, Saline River, Tennessee, Tensas River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vermillion River, WAUSP, Water Availability and Use Science Program, White River, ["Geophysics", aeromagnetic surveying, aeroradiometric surveying, electromagnetic surveying, electromagnetics, engineering sciences, environment, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, groundwater, hydrogeology, magnetic field, magnetics, radiometrics, resistivity, water resources, Fewer tags

Mississippi Alluvial Plain Extent, November 2017

The Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) has become one of the most important agricultural regions in the US, and it relies heavily on a groundwater system that is poorly understood and shows signs of substantial change. The heavy use of the available groundwater resources has resulted in significant groundwater-level declines and reductions in base flow in streams within the MAP. These impacts are limiting well production and threatening future water-availability for the region. This product will help not only scientists in our center, but also at a national level. This product will also be part of a larger study encompassing the Mississippi Alluvial Plain region. The Mississippi Alluvial Plain extent was delineated...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Arkansas, Arkansas River, Illinois, Kentucky, LMG, All tags... Louisiana, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science, MAP, MAP, Mississippi, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Mississippi River, Mississippi River Delta, Mississippi Valley, Missouri, Tennessee, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S.Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Availability and Use Science Program, aquifer system, groundwater availability project, groundwater modeling, hydrogeology, water availability project, Fewer tags