Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) Soundings in Broome, Chenango, Franklin, Orange, Rensselaer, and Saratoga Counties, New York, and Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania 2010-2019

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Publication Date: 2022-08-19
Start Date: 2010
End Date: 2019

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Heisig, P. M., 2022, Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) soundings in Broome, Chenango, Franklin, Orange, Rensselaer, and Saratoga Counties, New York, and Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania 2010-2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HGQUJL.

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From 2010 through 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, collected horizontal-to-vertical seismic soundings at 100 locations in upstate New York and 1 location in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania to evaluate the technique (control-point measurements) and to support aquifer-mapping projects (Heisig, 2012, 2015). The HVSR technique, commonly referred to as the passive-seismic method, is used to estimate the thickness of unconsolidated sediments and the depth to bedrock (Lane and others, 2008; Fairchild and others, 2013). The passive-seismic method uses a single, broad-band three-component (two horizontal and one vertical) seismometer to record ambient seismic [...]

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From 2010 through 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, collected horizontal-to-vertical seismic soundings at 100 locations in upstate New York and 1 location in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania to evaluate the technique (control-point measurements) and to support aquifer-mapping projects (Heisig, 2012, 2015). The HVSR technique, commonly referred to as the passive-seismic method, is used to estimate the thickness of unconsolidated sediments and the depth to bedrock (Lane and others, 2008; Fairchild and others, 2013). The passive-seismic method uses a single, broad-band three-component (two horizontal and one vertical) seismometer to record ambient seismic noise. In areas that have a strong acoustic contrast between the bedrock and overlying sediments, the seismic noise induces resonance at frequencies that range from about 0.3 to 40 Hz. The ratio of the average horizontal-to-vertical spectrums produces a spectral-ratio curve with peaks at fundamental and higher-order resonance frequencies. The spectral ratio curve (the ratio of the averaged horizontal-to-vertical component spectrums) is used to determine the fundamental resonance frequency that can be used along with an average shear-wave velocity or a power-law regression equation to estimate sediment thickness and depth to bedrock (Lane and others, 2008; Brown and others, 2013; Fairchild and others, 2013; Chandler and others, 2014; and Johnson and Lane, 2016). The HVSR data presented in this data release were collected at each site for 30 minutes using a Tromino Model TEP-3C three-component seismometer. The data were processed with Grilla 2012 version. 6.2 software to 1) remove anthropogenic noise, 2) convert the time-domain data to frequency domain, 3) compute and plot the spectral ratio curve, and 4) determine the resonance frequency. This data release presents the resonance frequency and H to V ratios of peaks identified from the HVSR measurements. Raw and processed HVSR data for each HVSR measurement are presented in the attached files. The HVSR data-collection sites are designated by a county sequential numbering system (BMHVSR79, DHVSR1, etc. where the prefix is a one or two letter county abbreviation, as follows: BM, Broome County; CN Chenango County; D, Delaware County; FR, Franklin County; O, Orange County; RE, Rensselaer County; SA, Saratoga County).

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Point of Contact :: Paul M Heisig
Originator :: Paul M Heisig
Metadata Contact :: Paul M Heisig
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
Data Owner :: New York Water Science Center
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :: New York Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Water Resources

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Brown, C.J., Voytek, E.B., Lane, J.W., Jr., and Stone, J.R., 2013, Mapping bedrock surface contours using the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) method near the middle quarter area, Woodbury, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1028, 4 p.	http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1028
Chandler, V. W., and Lively, R. S., 2014, Evaluation of the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) passive seismic method for estimating the thickness of Quaternary deposits in Minnesota and adjacent parts of Wisconsin: Minnesota Geological Survey Open File Report 14-01, 52 p.	https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/162792
Johnson, C. D. and Lane, J. W., 2016, Statistical comparison of methods for estimating sediment thickness from horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) seismic methods: An example from Tylerville, Connecticut, USA, in Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems Proceedings: Denver, Colorado, Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, pp. 317-323.	https://doi.org/10.4133/SAGEEP.29-057
Lane, J.W., Jr., White, E.A., Steele, G.V., and Cannia, J.C., 2008, Estimation of bedrock depth using the horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) ambient-noise seismic method, in Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems Proceedings: Denver, Colorado, Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, pp. 490-502.	https://doi.org/10.4133/1.2963289
Fairchild, G.M., Lane, J.W., Jr., Voytek, E.B., and LeBlanc, D.R., 2013, Bedrock topography of western Cape Cod, Massachusetts, based on bedrock altitudes from geologic borings and analysis of ambient seismic noise by the horizontal-to-vertical spectral-ratio method: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3233, 1 sheet, maps variously scaled, 17-p. pamphlet, on one CD–ROM.	https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3233/

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Heisig, P.M., 2013, Hydrogeology of the Susquehanna River valley-fill aquifer system and adjacent areas in eastern Broome and southeastern Chenango Counties, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5282, 21 p., at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5282	https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20125282
Heisig, P.M., 2015, Hydrogeology of the Ramapo River-Woodbury Creek valley-fill aquifer system and adjacent areas in eastern Orange County, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5156, 23 p., 1 pl.	https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20145156
Heisig, P.M., and Fleisher, P.J., 2022, Glacial geology and hydrogeology of valley-fill aquifers in the Oneonta area, Otsego and Delaware Counties, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2022–5069, 35 p., 1 pl., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225069.	https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225069

Purpose

Data were collected to: 1) test the HVSR technique in different hydrogeologic environments, 2) make measurements at control points where depth to bedrock was known and overlying unconsolidated deposits were characterized, and 3) support aquifer mapping studies.

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