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Digital data set describing surficial geology in the conterminous US

Dates

Release Date
1999-01-01
Publication Date

Citation

Clawges, R. and Price, C., 1999, Digital data set describing surficial geology in the conterminous US: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98NN6TZ.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This digital data set describes surficial geology of the conterminous United States. The data set was generated from a U.S. Geological Survey 1:7,500,000-scale map of surficial geology published as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Atlas map series.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Curtis V. Price, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Clawges, Rick, Price, Curtis
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Dakota Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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ofr99-77_geol75m.dlg.tgz 1.6 MB application/x-gzip
ofr99-77_geol75m.dlg.zip 1.53 MB application/zip
ofr99-77_geol75m.e00.gz 1.72 MB application/x-gzip
ofr99-77_geol75m.e00.zip 1.66 MB application/zip
ofr99-77_geol75m.sdts.tgz 1.32 MB application/x-gzip
ofr99-77_geol75m.sdts.zip 1.31 MB application/zip
ofr99-77_geol75m.xml
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Purpose

This data set is a generalized representation of surficial geology in the conterminous United States and was created for use in the analysis of ground-water quality data on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) VOC National Synthesis Team.

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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P98NN6TZ

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