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Drilling of airborne radioactivity anomalies in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, 1954

January 1, 1954

From April 22 to May 19, 1953, airborne radioactivity surveys totalling 5,600 traverse miles were made in 10 areas in Florida (Moxham, 1954).  Abnormal radioactivity was recorded in Bradford, Clay, DeSoto, Dixie, Lake, Marion, Orange, Sumter, Taylor, and Union Counties, Florida.  Additional airborne surveys were made in the Spring of 1954 in Hardee and Manatee Counties, Florida, on the drainage of the Altamaha River in Georgia, and in the area of the old phosphate workings in and around Charleston County, South Carolina.

Publication Year 1954
Title Drilling of airborne radioactivity anomalies in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, 1954
DOI 10.3133/ofr5447
Authors J.B. Cathcart
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 54-47
Index ID ofr5447
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse