Direct-current resistivity profiling at the Pecos River Ecosystem Project study site near Mentone, Texas, 2006
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Texas A&M University AgriLife, did a surface geophysical investigation at the Pecos River Ecosystem Project study site near Mentone in West Texas intended to determine shallow (to about 14 meters below the water [river] surface) subsurface composition (lithology) in and near treated (eradicated of all saltcedar) and control (untreated) riparian zone sites during June-August 2006. Land-based direct-current resistivity profiling was applied in a 240-meter section of the riverbank at the control site, and waterborne direct-current continuous resistivity profiling (CRP) was applied along a 2.279-kilometer reach of the river adjacent to both sites to collect shallow subsurface resistivity data. Inverse modeling was used to obtain a nonunique estimate of the true subsurface resistivity from apparent resistivity calculated from the field measurements. The land-based survey showed that the sub-surface at the control site generally is of relatively low resis-tivity down to about 4 meters below the water surface. Most of the section from about 4 to 10 meters below the water surface is of relatively high resistivity. The waterborne CRP surveys convey essentially the same electrical representation of the lithology at the control site to 10 meters below the water surface; but the CRP surveys show considerably lower resistivity than the land-based survey in the subsection from about 4 to 10 meters below the water surface. The CRP surveys along the 2.279-kilometer reach of the river adjacent to both the treated and control sites show the same relatively low resistivity zone from the riverbed to about 4 meters below the water surface evident at the control site. A slightly higher resistivity zone is observed from about 4 to 14 meters below the water surface along the upstream approximately one-half of the profile than along the downstream one-half. The variations in resistivity could not be matched to variations in lithology because sufficient rock samples were not available.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Direct-current resistivity profiling at the Pecos River Ecosystem Project study site near Mentone, Texas, 2006 |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2009-5090 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20095090 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Texas Water Science Center |
| Description | iv, 11 p. |
| Time Range Start | 2006-06-01 |
| Time Range End | 2006-08-31 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| City | Mentone |
| Other Geospatial | Pecos River Ecosystem Project study site |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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