Final Report on 2002 Airborne Geophysical Survey at Badlands Bombing Range, South Dakota
Abstract
This report describes the results of a low altitude helicopter geophysical survey performed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the U.S. Army Engineering Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH) over areas contaminated by unexploded ordnance at the Badlands Bombing Range on tribal lands of the Oglala Sioux Nation in September/October, 2002. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate improvements to a multi-sensor magnetometry system for ordnance detection. Surveys were carried out at at five sites designated Test Grid (2 ha), Parsons A (25 ha), Parsons B (23 ha), Bombing Target 1 (22 ha), and Bouquet Table (40 ha). The latter four sites were areas where the Department of Defense was suspected or known to previously have conducted weapons tests or bombing exercises. The average rate of coverage for the three suspected target sites ranged between 13 ha/hr to 25 ha/hr. The average along line survey speed was between 6 m/s and 13 m/s. The average distance between the actual locations of the excavated items and the predicted locations from helicopter anomalies was about 1 m.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA611187
Entities
People
- Les P. Beard
- T. J. Gamey
- William E. Doll
Organizations
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory