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Digital data from the Great Sand Dunes airborne gravity gradient survey, south-central Colorado

January 31, 2013

This report contains digital data and supporting explanatory files describing data types, data formats, and survey procedures for a high-resolution airborne gravity gradient (AGG) survey at Great Sand Dunes National Park, Alamosa and Saguache Counties, south-central Colorado. In the San Luis Valley, the Great Sand Dunes survey covers a large part of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. The data described were collected from a high-resolution AGG survey flown in February 2012, by Fugro Airborne Surveys Corp., on contract to the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientific objectives of the AGG survey are to investigate the subsurface structural framework that may influence groundwater hydrology and seismic hazards, and to investigate AGG methods and resolution using different flight specifications. Funding was provided by an airborne geophysics training program of the U.S. Department of Defense's Task Force for Business & Stability Operations.

Publication Year 2013
Title Digital data from the Great Sand Dunes airborne gravity gradient survey, south-central Colorado
DOI 10.3133/ofr20131011
Authors B. J. Drenth, J.D. Abraham, V. J. S. Grauch, V.F. Labson, G. Hodges
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 2013-1011
Index ID ofr20131011
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center