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Magnetic susceptibility data for some exposed bedrock in the western conterminous United States

Data Series 804
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ds804

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Abstract

In-place rock magnetic susceptibility measurements for 746 sites in the western conterminous United States are reported in a database. Of these 746 sites, 408 sites are in the Silverton Caldera area of the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Of the 408 sites in the Silverton Caldera area, 106 sites are underground. The remaining 338 sites outside the Silverton Caldera area were on outcropping rock, are distributed from southern Arizona to northwestern Wyoming, and include data from California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. Rock-density measurements are included for some sites. These data have been collected by various U.S. Geological Survey studies from 1991 through 2012 and are intended to help improve geophysical modeling of the Earth’s crust in the Western United States. A map-based graphical user interface is included to facilitate use of the data.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Magnetic susceptibility data for some exposed bedrock in the western conterminous United States
Series title Data Series
Series number 804
DOI 10.3133/ds804
Year Published 2014
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Description Report: iv, 5 p.; Graphical User Interface; Magnetic Susceptibility Data
Country United States
State Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
Other Geospatial San Juan Mountains, Silverton Caldera
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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