Time-Domain Electromagnetic Soundings to Characterize Water Quality Within a Freshwater/Saline-Water Transition Zone, Estancia Valley, New Mexico, July 2005 - A Reconnaissance Study

Shah, Sachin D.; Kress, Wade H.; Land, Lewis A.

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During July 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, conducted a reconnaissance study in the Estancia Valley in central New Mexico to characterize water quality using time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) surface-geophysical soundings. TDEM sounding is one of a number of surface geophysical methods that provide a relatively quick and inexpensive means to characterize subsurface geologic and hydrogeologic properties. TDEM surface geophysical methods can be used to detect variations in the electrical resistivity of the subsurface, which in turn can be related to variations in the physical and chemical properties of soil, rock, and pore fluids.

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USGS Numbered Series

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80011

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Shah, Sachin D.; Kress, Wade H.; Land, Lewis A.

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USGS Texas Water Science Center

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ENGLISH

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0345800

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0344600

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-1055000

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6 p.

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Universal Transverse Mercator

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In cooperation with the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

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Geological Survey (U.S.)

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Fact Sheet

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2007-3011

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Time-Domain Electromagnetic Soundings to Characterize Water Quality Within a Freshwater/Saline-Water Transition Zone, Estancia Valley, New Mexico, July 2005 - A Reconnaissance Study; 2007; FS; 2007-3011; Shah, Sachin D.; Kress, Wade H.; Land, Lewis A.