[Geological Data] Shapefiles of ancient and modern passive margins for the world

Publication Date

2023-08-14

Time Period

2008

McCafferty, A.E., San Juan, C.A., Lawley, C.J.M., Graham, G.E., Gadd, M.G., Huston, D.L., Kelley, K.D., Paradis, S., Peter, J.M., and Czarnota, K., 2023, National-scale geophysical, geologic, and mineral resource data and grids for the United States, Canada, and Australia: Data in support of the tri-national Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P970GDD5.

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The purpose of these data is to provide the approximate locations of ancient and modern passive margins across the globe as estimated by Bradley (2008). The ancient passive margin data can be used to understand paleo-tectonic evolution of the earth and related geologic processes and features. These data were used as input data for prospectivity models for basin-hosted Pb-Zn mineralization as part of the tri-national Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative, a collaboration between the national geological surveys of the United States (U.S. Geological Survey), Canada (Geological Survey of Canada) and Australia (Geoscience Australia). Modern passive margin location data from Bradley (2008), though not included in Pb-Zn modeling efforts, nonetheless provide information germane to understanding developing metallic and energy- (for example, petroleum) related deposits. References Bradley, D.C., 2008, Passive margins through earth history: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 91, no. 1-4, p. 1-26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.08.001.

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