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Airborne radiometric flight line data, Charleston, South Carolina and surrounds, 2019

Metadata Updated: July 6, 2024

Airborne radiometric data are provided here as part of the data release "Airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, Charleston, South Carolina and surrounds, 2019." This data release includes the processed aeroradiometric data (gamma spectrometry for potassium, thorium, and uranium) provided in an ascii .csv file and geoTIFF images showing the total count, potassium, thorium, and uranium values. Spectral data are provided within the contractor deliverables .zip file. This package and the contractor report are available on the parent page, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9EWQ08L. These data were collected as part of a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over Charleston, South Carolina and the surrounding region with a goal of better understanding earthquake hazards in the Charleston seismic zone by imaging structural features in the crystalline basement, and to image heavy mineral sands containing titanium, zirconium, and rare earth elements using radiometric data (gamma spectrometry), which is sensitive to thorium in monazite. This survey represents a collaborative effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Cooperative Mapping Program, and Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI) effort. Data for this survey were collected by Terraquest, Ltd. under contract with the USGS using a fixed wing aircraft with magnetometers mounted in the tail stinger and each wing tip pod and a fully calibrated gamma ray spectrometer from May to July of 2019. The survey covers a 134-kilometer x 90-kilometer rectangular area parallel to the Atlantic Ocean shoreline along the long axis. Data were collected along northwest-southeast flight lines spaced 400 meters (m) apart with northeast-southwest tie lines flown every 4000 m. A mean terrain clearance of 127 m was maintained. Most of the survey data were collected at lower flying heights, except near and over the City of Charleston higher clearance was maintained due to safety considerations. A total of 32,447-line kilometers (km) of data were collected.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date June 1, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024

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Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024
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