Abstract

A digital dataset of hydrogeologic data for Mesozoic through early Tertiary rocks in the Southeastern Coastal Plain was developed using data from five U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports published between 1951 and 1996. These reports contain maps and data depicting the extent and elevation of the Southeast Coastal Plain stratigraphic and hydrogeologic units in Florida and parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. The reports are: Professional Paper 1410–B (Renken, 1996), Professional Paper 1088 (Brown and others, 1979), Professional Paper 524–G (Applin and Applin, 1967), Professional Paper 447 (Applin and Applin, 1965), and Circular 91 (Applin, 1951). The digital dataset provides hydrogeologic data for the USGS Energy Resources Program assessment of potential reservoirs for carbon sequestration and for the USGS Groundwater Resource Program assessment of saline aquifers in the southeastern United States.

A Geographic Information System (ArcGIS 9.3.1) was used to construct 33 digital (raster) surfaces representing the top or base of key stratigraphic and hydrogeologic units. In addition, the Geographic Information System was used to generate 102 geo-referenced scanned maps from the five reports and a geo-database containing structural and thickness contours, faults, extent polygons, and common features. The dataset also includes point data of well construction and stratigraphic elevations and scanned images of two geologic cross sections and a nomenclature chart.

Selected References:

Circular 91: Applin, P.L., 1951, Preliminary report on buried pre-Mesozoic rocks in Florida and adjacent states: 28 p., accessed January 7, 2012, at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_91.djvu.

Professional Paper 447: Applin, P L., and Applin, E.R., 1965, The Comanche series and associated rocks in the subsurface in central and south Florida: 84 p., 11 pls., accessed January 7, 2012, at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_447.djvu.

Professional Paper 524–G: Applin, P.L., and Applin, E.R., 1967, The Gulf series in the subsurface in northern Florida and southern Georgia: 35 p., 8 pls., accessed January 7, 2012, at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_524_g.djvu.

Professional Paper 1088: Brown, P.M., Brown, D.L, Reid, M.S., Lloyd, O.B., Jr., 1979, Evaluation of the geologic and hydrologic factors related to the waste-storage potential of Mesozoic aquifers in the southern part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia: 37 p., 11 pls., accessed January 7, 2012, at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1088.djvu.

Professional Paper 1410–B: Renken, R.A., 1996, Hydrogeology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina: 101 p., 42 pls., accessed January 7, 2012, at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1410_b.djvu.

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Methods

Dataset Description by Source

Acknowledgments

References

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Posted February 21, 2012