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Drilling for Seismic Borehole at The Ohio State University, Franklin County, Ohio, 1993

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2016-04-06
Info Date
1993-08

Summary

Drilling a seismic borehole for the National Seismic Network at Mendenhall Laboratory on the main campus of The Ohio State University, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sprowls Drilling Company of Sunbury, Ohio, did the drilling work for the borehole. At a depth of 125 feet, in the Columbus Limestone, a cavern was encountered. An unsuccessful attempt was made to plug the cavern. The site was abanonded as a location in the United States Geological Survey's nationwide network of seismographs because of the condition of the limestone on the campus of The Ohio State University. The image was taken by Michael C. Hansen in August 1993.

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For more information, please contact Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Address: 2045 Morse Rd., Columbus, OH 43229. Phone: 614-265-6576, E-mail: geo.survey@dnr.state.oh.us, Web: www.ohiogeology.com.

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Collection of Photographic Slides and Historic Photos from Ohio
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Ohio_NGGDPP_metadatafields_final.csv

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title Parent-57f2863ae4b0bc0bebfff9b8 Drilling for Seismic Borehole at The Ohio State University, Franklin County, Ohio, 1993

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alternateGeometryFranklin County (Ohio), Columbus (Ohio), Southwest Columbus 7.5-minute Quadrangle

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