2020 Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Surveys

The Nemaha and Papio-Missouri River NRDs conducted AEM flights in eastern Nebraska in August 2020 and 62 line-miles were also flown over Cass County Nebraska by a private entity in the Lower Platte South NRD.  The Nemaha flew approximately 560 line-miles of AEM survey extending out the one mile grid coverage flown in 2018 westward.   The Papio-Missouri River NRD acquired 1,533 line-miles of reconnaissance and block surveys (Tekamah area and Washington and Douglas Counties).  Both NRDs received 2020 AEM report deliverables from AGF with merged datasets incorporating previous 2014/2015 ENWRA reconnaissance and 2018 AEM surveys (Papio-Missouri River NRD also received ENWRA's historical 2006 Ashland pilot site data redelivered in a format compatible with the Nebraska GeoCloud).   Key findings included: new understandings from borehole and AEM comparisons, improved surface grids for geologic contacts, more advanced sediment character and resistivity threshold evaluations, improved framework and recharge understandings, and data integration methods for combining newer and older survey datasets.

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map of Nebraska with 2020 AEM survey Lines

Cass County 2020 AEM Survey

Datasets

Nemaha NRD 2020 AEM Survey (see 2023 AEM for updated 2020 data)

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Papio-Missouri River NRD 2020 AEM Survey (includes 2006 Ashland Redelivered)

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