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Alaska permafrost characterization: Electrical Resistivity Tomography Data & Models from 2019

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Publication Date
Start Date
2019-09-02
End Date
2019-09-05

Citation

James, S.R., Minsley, B.J., Pastick, N.J., and Sullivan, T.D., 2020, Alaska permafrost characterization: Geophysical and related field data collected from 2019-2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9I6VUQV

Summary

Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) measurements were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at two sites in Interior Alaska in September 2019 for the purposes of imaging permafrost structure and quantifying variations in subsurface moisture content in relation to thaw features. First, ERT data were collected at Big Trail Lake, a thermokarst lake outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, to quantify permafrost characteristics beneath the lake and across its shorelines. Three 222 m ERT survey lines were collected perpendicular to the North, East, and South shorelines, and two 110 m lines were collected parallel to the southeast and northeast shorelines. Models of electrical resistivity produced from these data revealed the distribution [...]

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ERT_observations_data_dictionary.csv 1.18 KB text/csv
ERT_InvertedModel_data_dictionary.csv 349 Bytes text/csv
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Purpose

These data were collected to characterize subsurface properties related to permafrost and soil moisture at sites where permafrost is either actively thawing or has experienced pronounced thaw in recent years.

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