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Sediment and Aquifer Characteristics of Quaternary Sediments in the Glaciated Conterminous United States

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2018

Citation

Kauffman, L.J., Yager, R.M., and Reddy, J.E., 2018, Sediment and Aquifer Characteristics of Quaternary Sediments in the Glaciated Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7HH6J8X.

Summary

The Sediment and Aquifer Characteristics dataset includes two, grid-based polygon feature classes. The first class uses a five-kilometer grid to show the density of lithologic logs available for analysis. The second class contains attributes that characterize either Quaternary sediment in the glaciated conterminous United States or aquifer material within it. The attributes are derived from lithologic logs obtained from boreholes and wells. The polygons were delineated by a constrained, kriging-based interpolation based on the distribution of map units in the source Surficial Geologic Units dataset using a grid-based algorithm to interpolate between the point data, as defined in the processing steps.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
James E Reddy
Process Contact :
Leon J Kauffman
Originator :
Leon J Kauffman, Richard M Yager, James E Reddy
Metadata Contact :
James E Reddy
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Sediment_and_Aquifer_Characteristics_of_Quaternary_Sediments_in_the_Glaciated_Conterminous_United_States.xml
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Original FGDC Metadata
View 		45.13 KB application/fgdc+xml
GlacialFramework.gdb.7z 261.7 MB application/x-7z-compressed
Fig. 8 - 5kWellDensity.pdf 1.98 MB application/pdf
Fig. 12a - QuaternarySedimentThickness.pdf 72.67 MB application/pdf
Fig. 12b PercentCoarseMaterial.pdf 65.78 MB application/pdf
Fig. 14a -MedianNumberOfAquiferIntervals.pdf 62.11 MB application/pdf
Fig. 14b - ProbabilityOfAquiferInterval.pdf 65.48 MB application/pdf
Fig. 17a -AquiferDepth.pdf 60.19 MB application/pdf
Fig. 17b -AquiferThickness.pdf 64.45 MB application/pdf
Fig. 20a -WaterAquiferThick.pdf
“Water-table aquifer” 		51.49 MB application/pdf
Fig. 20b - Prob Confined.pdf
“Probability of confined” 		70.64 MB application/pdf
Fig. 2A - Terranes 1A and 4A.pdf 27.15 MB application/pdf
Fig. 2B - Terranes 1B, 2A, and 3A.pdf 50.48 MB application/pdf
Fig. 2C - Terranes 1C, 2C, 2D, 3C, and 4B.pdf 61.03 MB application/pdf
Fig. 2D - Terranes 1D, 1E, 2B, and 3B.pdf 50.77 MB application/pdf
Fig. 2E - Terranes 1F and 2E.pdf 26.61 MB application/pdf
Fig. 2F - Terrane 1G.pdf 13.62 MB application/pdf

Purpose

The Sediment and Aquifer Characteristics dataset presents maps of interpolated attributes derived from lithologic logs obtained from boreholes and wells in the glaciated conterminous United States -- the maps characterize the glacial sediments and the distribution of aquifer material within them. These data are intended to aid in the identification and explanation of regional patterns in aquifer occurrence, productivity, and water quality in glacial sediments.

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