| Abstract: | The Santa Fe region is growing rapidly. The Santa Fe Group aquifer in the Espa?ola Basin is the main source of municipal water for the region, and water
shortfalls could have serious consequences. Future growth and land management in the region depend on accurate assessment and protection of the region‘s ground-water resources. An important issue in managing the ground-water resources is a better understanding of the hydrogeology of the Tertiary Santa Fe Group. The Santa Fe Group includes the sedimentary deposits that fill the Rio Grande rift and contain the principal ground-water aquifers.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a series of multidisciplinary studies of the Espa?ola Basin in northern New Mexico. Detailed geologic mapping, high-resolution airborne magnetic surveys, electromagnetic surveys, and hydrologic,
lithologic, and hydro-geochemical data are being used to better understand the aquifer systems. Magnetotelluric (MT) surveys were completed as part of these studies. The primary purpose of the MT surveys was to map changes in electrical resistivity with depth that are related to differences in various rock types that help control the properties of aquifers in the region.
Resistivity modeling of the MT data can be used to investigate buried structures
related to the basic geologic framework of the study area. The purpose of this report is to release MT sounding data collected near geophysically logged boreholes in the study area, including the nearby Middle Rio Grande Basin. This MT data can be used in subsequent resistivity modeling. No interpretation of the data is included in this report. |
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| ProdID: | 76713 |
| Citation Author: | Williams, Jackie M.; Rodriguez, Brian D. |
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| Citation Series Number: | 2006-1120 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Magnetotelluric data collected near geophysically logged boreholes in the Espa?ola and Middle Rio Grande basins, New Mexico; 2006; OFR; 2006-1120; Williams, Jackie M.; Rodriguez, Brian D. |
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| Text: | Magnetotelluric data collected near geophysically logged boreholes in the Espa?ola and Middle Rio Grande basins, New Mexico; 2006; OFR; 2006-1120; Williams, Jackie M.; Rodriguez, Brian D. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00 -0500 |
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