Gravity Data and Maps of Yucca Mountain

David A. Ponce

GRAVITY DATA AND MAPS OF YUCCA MTN

Gravity Data

Busted Butte Quadrange -- ASCII Data / Format

Gravity data for the Busted Butte 7.5 min
quadrangle, Nevada. Bouguer and isostatic
gravity anomalies were reduced for a density
of 2.00 g/cm3.

Nevada Test Site -- ASCII Data / Format

Gravity data for the Nevada Test Site and
vicinity as described in USGS Open-File
Report 89-682.PDF (8.7 Mb).

Gravity Profiles

Antler Ridge -- Info / Preview

Bouguer gravity profile of Antler Ridge
reduced for a density of 2.00 g/cm3. Also
included are magnetic and topographic
profiles.

Live Yucca Ridge -- Info / Preview

Bouguer gravity profile of Live Yucca
Ridge reduced for a density of 2.00 g/cm3.
Also included are magnetic and
topographic profiles.

Gravity Maps

Bouguer Gravity Map of the Busted Butte Quadrangle
Info / Preview

Bouguer gravity map of the Busted Butte
quadrangle reduced for a density of 2.00 g/cm3.

Isostatic Gravity Map of the Busted Butte Quadrangle
Info / Preview
Isostatic gravity map of the Busted Butte quadrangle
reduced for a density of 2.00 g/cm3.

Additional Gravity Maps
Healey, D.L., Harris, R.N., Ponce, D.A., and Oliver, H.W., 1987, Complete Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-506, scale 1:100,000.

Saltus, R.W., and Ponce, D.A., 1988, Aeromagnetic map of Nevada, Las Vegas sheet: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 95, scale 1:250,000.

Ponce, D.A., and Harris, R.N., 1988, Isostatic gravity map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-664, scale 1:100,000.

Ponce, D.A., Mankinen, E.A., Davidson, J.G., Morin, R.L., and Blakely, R.J., 1999, Digital isostatic gravity map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-554-B, CD-ROM. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0554/

Ponce, D.A., Blakely, R.J., Morin, R.L., and Mankinen, E.A., 2001, Isostatic gravity map of the Death Valley ground-water model area, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map MF-2381-C, 5 p., scale 1:250,000. http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2381/

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