Digital Data from Previously Published Contour Data Showing the Altitude of the Base of Dakota Sandstone on the Colorado Plateau, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah

Publication Date

2024-07-01

Time Period

2024

Sweetkind, D.S., Smout, B., Goldberg, J., and Ogilvie, I., 2024, Digital Data from Previously Published Contour Data Showing the Altitude of the Base of Dakota Sandstone on the Colorado Plateau, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P961QY86.

This digital dataset was created as part of U.S. Geological Survey efforts to inventory, catalog, and release subsurface geologic data in geospatial form as part of a broad directive to develop 2D and 3D geologic information at detailed, national, and continental scales. This digital dataset results from the goal within the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program to convert subsurface data that were previously published in non-digital format to digital, vector-based data suitable for use by the public and in USGS studies. The objective of the data conversion is to reproduce the original published mapping with little to no added interpretation. As parts of the Colorado Plateau are evaluated for water, oil and gas, and minerals resources, or assessed for carbon or energy storage potential, there is the need for digital subsurface data to support construction of 3D framework models for subsurface conceptualization, exploration, and process models. The elevation, thickness, and extent of subsurface geologic units are required to define the geologic layering in any digital geologic framework model; these data, derived from previous USGS studies, provide a fundamental starting point. The intended uses of this dataset include, but are not limited to, natural resource modeling, mapping, and visualization.

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