Correlation of lineaments with soil gas anomalies in the Atlantic Coastal Plain
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States). Earth Sciences and Resources Inst.
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
Results from a soil gas survey, performed in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and centered on the US Department of Energy Savannah River Site discovered areas of anomalous (greater than one standard deviation above the mean) methane, ethane, propane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. A lineament study was performed to investigate whether these anomalies may be associated with fractures or faults and therefore be sourced in basement rocks. The lineament study used a regional aeromagnetic map, various scale topographic maps and a Landsat image. The results of the study suggest the following: (1) correcting for barometric pumping effects, the soil gas anomalies have a strong coincidence with lineations, (2) comparing linear features discernible on a variety of sources mapped at different scales allows for a combined data set to be formed that may define a lineation zone, and (3) linear trends compare favorably with suspected structural trends for the coastal plain.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 61158
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-93-457; ON: DE95010963; TRN: AHC29516%%94
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 23 Aug 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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