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OFR 99–0557: West Virginia Digitized Aeromagnetic Projects
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No Name Flown By Date Flown Spacing Dir Altitude LnMi Datum Publication
0350 Ft. Belvoir ARMS USGS 02/1960-05/1960 1 mi. E-W 500 AG 8724 Tot.field, arb.datum 77-709
0368 Pittsburgh ARMS USGS 06/1960-09/1960 1 mi. N-S
500 AG
15000 Tot.field, arb.datum GP-445
0684 Maryland Coop '70 USGS 06/1970 1 mi. E-W 3500 B 3330 Tot.field, arb.datum GP-842

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Description of Table

No.: Internal USGS identification number
Name: Internal project name (not always the name used in publication title)
Flown By: Company or government agency who flew the original survey
Spacing and Dir.: Primary flight-line spacing and primary flight-line direction
Altitude: Primary flight altitude in feet; B = barometric elevation, AG = above ground draped over topography
LnMi.: Approximate total of line miles flown for this survey
Datum: Indicates if a regional field was removed and, if it could be determined, the base value removed. Total field = no regional was removed. Arb. (arbitrary) datum = the base value removed was not stated on the map.
Publication: Brief publication reference*. USGS publications are listed as: Open-File reports = xx-yyyy where xx is the publication year, Bulletins and Professional Papers = B-yyyy or P-yyyy, Geophysical Maps = GP-yyyy, Miscellaneous Field Studies Maps = MF-yyyy, Miscellaneous Investigations Maps = I-yyyy, Unpub = unpublished data, refers to all or part of the original project area.

*For more complete references see: Hill, P.L., 1991, Bibliographies and location maps of publications on aeromagnetic and aeroradiometric surveys for the states east of the Mississippi River south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-0370-D, 67 p. 

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Further information about aeromagnetic data from the state of Kentucky can be obtained by contacting Pat Hill, (303) 236-1343, email (pathill@usgs.gov), or Bob Kucks, (303) 236-1405, email (rkucks@usgs.gov), or click the button below.
 

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This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial Standards. Use of brand names is for descriptive purposes and does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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