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Airborne Electromagnetic and Magnetic Survey Data of the Paradox and San Luis Valleys, Colorado

By Lyndsay B. Ball, Benjamin R. Bloss, Paul. A. Bedrosian, V.J.S. Grauch, and Bruce D. Smith

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In October 2011, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) contracted airborne magnetic and electromagnetic surveys of the Paradox and San Luis Valleys in southern Colorado, United States. These airborne geophysical surveys provide high-resolution and spatially comprehensive datasets characterizing the resistivity structure of the shallow subsurface of each survey region, accompanied by magnetic-field information over matching areas. These data were collected to provide insight into the distribution of groundwater brine in the Paradox Valley, the extent of clay aquitards in the San Luis Valley, and to improve our understanding of the geologic framework for both regions. This report describes these contracted surveys and releases digital data supplied under contract to the USGS.

First posted March 30, 2015

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Suggested citation:

Ball, L.B., Bloss, B.R., Bedrosian, P.A., Grauch, V.J.S., and Smith, B.D., 2015, Airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey data of the Paradox and San Luis Valleys, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1024, 19 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151024.

ISSN 2331-1258 (online)


Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Airborne Electromagnetic Survey

Aeromagnetic Survey

Geophysical Digital Data Overview

Acknowledgments

References Cited

Appendix 1A

Appendix 1B

Appendix 1C

Appendix 1D


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