Resistivity and GPR surveys were performed
in a large grassy field behind the Aldi in
Lyons, NY. This field was a delta
during the last glacial retreat, with river
water from melting glaciers passing through
the area to deposit their load in this delta
feature as the river entered a glacial lake.
Dr. Kozlowski and Dr. Bird had done
significant field work at this site in the
past, locating a layer of preserved wood at
some depth below the surface in previous
borings.
The resistivity and GPR images show
consecutive profiles with channel features cutting through the delta
deposits. These geophysical features
require further ground-truth investigation
to confirm the channel-form interpretation.
By age-dating the preserved wood and
correlating that with the geophysical data
and channel features, it has been shown that
these channels are post glacial.
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GPR and resistivity image of the
channel as recorded using a 200MHz antenna
and a 5m dipole-dipole
survey.
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