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Vertical electrical sounding (VES) geophysical data collected in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve Near Moab, Utah

Vertical electrical soundings (VES) are used to develop depth-resolved models of aquifer resistivity by making electrical potential measurements at increasingly larger electrode spacing, with the array centered around a common point. Variations in modeled electrical resistivity with depth can be used to infer groundwater salinity and preferential fresh groundwater flow zones. Each of the 4 VES measurement integrates approximately 11 individual electrical soundings with 4 electrodes driven into the soil in a linear Wenner array with electrode spacings ranging from 1 to 40 m. Data were collected manually with a SuperSting electrical resistivity meter (AGI - Advanced Geosciences, Inc) and recorded by hand in a field book.

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Author(s) Martin Briggs orcid, Nora C Nelson orcid, Philip M Gardner orcid, John W Lane orcid
Publication Date 2018
Beginning Date of Data 2015-03-31
Ending Date of Data 2015-04-02
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F75M63ZF
Citation Briggs, M., Nelson, N.C., Gardner, P.M., and Lane, J.W., 2018, Vertical electrical sounding (VES) geophysical data collected in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve Near Moab, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F75M63ZF.
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