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This demonstration highlights some of the features of the GIS Environmental data base created by ESRI-USC and installed at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in southwestern South Carolina.  Each page of this demonstration represents the major steps and example screen views that a user would encounter while conducting a data search.

The major data sets within this GIS oriented database are as follows: 

Well and Borehole Data:
The following data sets are linked to wells and borehole locations through an Oracle data base maintained by SGS.  These data bases were developed and linked to the data using copies of tables received from SGS and utilized in an Oracle data base maintained by ESRI-USC. 

  •  Geophysical well logs as LAS files
  •  Geophysical well logs as tif plots of cgm files created from LAS files 
  •  Geophysical well logs scanned 
  •  Core description plots.  To facilitate users determining the general character of the core descriptions, a graphical display of gravel, sand, mud, and carbonates percentages versus core depth have been created 
                for these core descriptions.  These plots are stored in a format (tif) for viewing in ArcView 
  •  Well and borehole scanned field logs
  •  Well and borehole cross sections scanned
  •  Additional tables were created in Oracle: 
    • Wells/boreholes within cross-sections 
    • Wells/boreholes with stratigraphic / hydrostratigraphic tops
    • Wells/boreholes with geologic reports

Map Data: 
Geologic maps of the SRS and vicinity were put into digital format hard copies of completed geologic map coverage's from in and around the SRS.  These maps (1:24,000) were produced by the South Carolina Geologic Survey (SCGS) of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.  In addition, a digital version of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) geologic map of SRS by D.C. Prowell (1:48,000) was corrected based on instructions from SGS. 

Reports: 
Reports, laboratory analyses, stratigraphic and hydrostratigraphic unit top interpretations, etc. are linked to the GIS via the geographic locations of the data sources (e.g., well and boring locations, outcrop sites, shot points, etc.). 

 

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