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Passive seismic data collected along headwater stream corridors in Shenandoah National Park in 2016 - 2020

Dates

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Start Date
2016-07-01
End Date
2020-03-19

Citation

Goodling, P.J., Briggs, M., White, E., Johnson, Z., Haynes, A., Nelms, D., and Lane, J., 2020, Passive seismic data collected along headwater stream corridors in Shenandoah National Park in 2016 - 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IJMGIB.

Summary

In July 2016, July 2019, and March 2020, 318 seismic recordings were acquired at locations within Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, using MOHO Tromino Model TEP-3C three-component seismometers to assess depth to bedrock using the HVSR method. This method requires a measurement of estimate of shear wave velocity, which depends on the regolith sediment composition and density, for the conversion of measured resonance frequency to a depth to bedrock. Shear wave velocities were calculated for sediment in Shenandoah NP at locations where regolith thickness is known (e.g. at documented boreholes). The locations in this study were generally selected to characterize the depths to bedrock adjacent to streams monitored for coupled temperature [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Phillip J Goodling, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
Originator :
Phillip J Goodling, Martin A Briggs, Eric A White, Zachary C Johnson, Adam (Contractor) B Haynes, David L Nelms, John W Lane
Metadata Contact :
Phillip J Goodling, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
SDC Data Owner :
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

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Passive seismic data collected along headwater stream corridors in Shenandoah National Park in 2016 - 2020.xml
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View 		30.02 KB application/fgdc+xml
HVSR Regression_Shenandoah_Boreholes_2016.xlsx 23.38 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
README.txt 9.22 KB text/plain
Shenandoah_2016_Boreholes_HVSR_Data_and_Figures.zip 35.47 MB application/zip
Shenandoah_2016_Stream_HVSR_Data_and_Figures.zip 554.8 MB application/zip
Shenandoah_2019_Stream_HVSR_Data_and_Figures.zip 106.03 MB application/zip
Shenandoah_2020_Stream_HVSR_Data_and_Figures.zip 80.5 MB application/zip
Shenandoah_2016_2020_Results.xlsx 69.78 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

Depth to bedrock can directly influence streamflow, shallow aquifer flow, and groundwater/surface water exchange but is typically ill-defined along the stream corridor in steep mountain catchments. We employed rapid, cost-effective passive seismic horizontal -to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) measurements to evaluate the variable thickness of the shallow colluvial and alluvial aquifer sediments along a headwater streams in Shenandoah National Park. The methods are fully documented in the research article, Briggs, M.A., J.W. Lane, C.D. Snyder, E.A. White, Z.C. Johnson, D.L. Nelms, and N.P. Hitt, 2018, Shallow mountain bedrock limits seepage-based headwater climate refugia, Limnologica, https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.02.005. This data release includes seismic data collected as part of a follow-on study.

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