geo_eau.shp - Arcview shapefile modified for ArcExplorer

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey(comp.)

Publication_Date: 19990400

Title: geo_3eau.shp - Arcview shapefile modified for ArcExplorer

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey(comp.)

Publication_Date: 19990400

Title:

Maps Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields,

and Geologic Provinces of the Asia Pacific Region;

Plate 3: Australia and New Zealand

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Open File Report: 97-470;

World Energy Data on CD-ROM

Issue_Identification: Volume F, Asia Pacific Region

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO, USA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Open File Report 97-470F is one of a series of continental- scale geologic maps of the world being published on CD-ROM by the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project.

Online_Linkage: <http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/energy/WorldEnergy/WEnergy.html>

Description:

Abstract:

This coverage includes arcs, polygons, and polygon labels that describe the generalized geologic age and rock type of surface outcrops of bedrock of the Australia and New Zealand area (Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Tonga and Vanuatu; and portions of Indonesia, Papua New New Guinea and Solomon Islands). It also includes shorelines and inland water bodies.

Purpose:

To delineate geologic province boundaries in Open File Report 97-470F Maps Showing Geology, Geologic Provinces, and Oil and Gas Fields of the Asia Pacific Region; Plate 3: Australia and New Zealand, which is being compiled as a reference for the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project assessment of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. This

shapefile is used in an ArcExplorer project.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 97.8457

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -175.1347

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -4.2455

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -51.2324

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Geology

Theme_Keyword: Age

Theme_Keyword: Lithology

Theme_Keyword: Generalized Geology

Theme_Keyword: Oil

Theme_Keyword: Gas

Theme_Keyword: Geologic province

Theme_Keyword: Geologic map

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Oceania

Place_Keyword: Australia

Place_Keyword: Fiji

Place_Keyword: New Caledonia

Place_Keyword: New Zealand

Place_Keyword: Tonga

Place_Keyword: Vanuatu

Place_Keyword: Indonesia

Place_Keyword: Papua New Guinea

Place_Keyword: New Guinea

Place_Keyword: Tasmania

Place_Keyword: Melanesia

Place_Keyword: Samoa

Place_Keyword: AS

Place_Keyword: BP

Place_Keyword: FF

Place_Keyword: ID

Place_Keyword: NC

Place_Keyword: NH

Place_Keyword: PP

Place_Keyword: TN

Place_Keyword: TV

Place_Keyword: WS

Place_Keyword: NZ

Place_Keyword: Commonwealth of Australia

Place_Keyword: Republic of the Fiji Islands

Place_Keyword: Republic of Indonesia

Place_Keyword: Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Place_Keyword: Independent State of Samoa

Place_Keyword: Kingdom of Tonga

Place_Keyword: Republic of Vanuatu

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

This database contains intellectual property of the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Limited, formerly the New Zealand Geological Survey (GNS), used with their permission. Portions of this database covering coastline and country boundaries contain intellectual property of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), and are used with their permission. End users are permitted to use these data sets for their own internal use, including derivative work, but are prohibited from using and redistributing these data individually or in a derivative work to third parties. Please refer to the "ATTACHMENT B" file (attach_b.txt) in the prmssn directory of this CD-ROM for further information on ESRI's license agreement. ESRI is a registered trademark in the United States and either a trademark or registered trademark in all other countries where it is used, and ArcExplorer, Arc/Info and Arcworld are trademarks of Environmental Systems Research, Inc.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Peter J. McCabe

Contact_Position:

  Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator for the World Energy Project

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

U.S. Geological Survey,

Energy Resources Team, Box 25046

Denver Federal Center, MS 939

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225-0046

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.236.7550

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pmccabe@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Windows 95 Arcview 3.0

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All the attributes other than standard Arc/Info attributes are of character type.

1.  Attribute item "GLG" (geology) is abstracted from fill colors and labels on AGSO and GNS source maps denoting geologic age of surficial outcrops. Rock units whose age is divided within a geologic age on the map are attributed as undivided. For instance, units labeled "Qr" and "Qp", are attributed as "Q". Units labeled as "Tu", "Tp" (Pliocene) and "Tm" (Miocene) are attribute as "N" (Neogene). Units labeled as "Tl", "To" (Oligocene) and "Te" (Eocene) are attributed as "Pg" (Paleogene). Units spanning Neogene and Paleogene are attributed as "T". Units colored as igneous rock of undetermined age are attributed as "und". Areas colored as surface water bodies and ocean are attributed as "H2O". Unmapped areas without color are attributed as "oth". Units denoted as uncertain with a question mark on the original maps are attributed without comment. Units that have dual values indicating surficial geologic age and subsurface geologic age are attributed with surficial geologic age. To conform with the convention used on the rest of the Asia Pacific Region, areas labeled "CZ" are attributed as "TQ", although in the generalized geologic age item they are returned to "Cz". Where there are disagreements on the original maps between the label and the fill color, or where printing errors occur, the preference is given to the label in attributing the unit. In some cases, a judgement is made according to the inferred geologic trend. Definitions for the values are found below in the entity and attribute information section. Areas indicated as ephemeral lakes are ignored.

2.  Attribute item "TYPE" is abstracted from labels and fill patterns on the AGSO and GNS source maps. Because the emphasis of this database is on oil and gas resources, igneous rocks are generalized. Acid, intermediate and basic volcanic rocks are attributed as volcanic. Acid, intermediate and basic intrusive igneous rocks are attributed as intrusive. Ophiolites and ultra basic rocks are attributed as a general class, ophiolites and ultrabasic. The AGSO and GNS source map legends do not differentiate sedimentary from metamorphic rocks.

3.  Attribute item "GEN_GLG" was calculated from the item "GLG". In those cases where the age of units span more than one geologic age the AGSO and GNS practice of placing the older age before the more recent age is reversed to adhere to the USGS practice of placing the more recent age first. For instance, "KT" becomes "TK". Units whose age span more than one age are attributed by the era. For example, "CmD" becomes "Pz".

4.  Standard verification of attribute reliability is performed with the Arc/Info command labelerrors to find polygons without assigned character value or with more than one value.

5.  Plots are created of the coverage, colored by item "GEN_GLG" and labeled by item "GLG" at the same scale, projection and map extent of each of the AGSO and GNS source maps for the purposes of review and examination. Review is conducted by persons not involved in the compilation. The entire set of maps is examined with a polygon to polygon search for errors.

6.  The plots are also examined by the compiler by sampling 2 degree by 2 degree areas, yielding a deductive estimate of greater than 99 percent fidelity to AGSO and GNS source maps of items "GLG" and "TYPE", and, by extension, "GEN_GLG".

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Polygon topology. Each polygon has one unique label point with unique id, there are no dangles. Polygons are bounded at perimeter of extent, including areas attributed as water and where geologic age is not shown. The coverage has been topologically cleaned and built in Arc/Info 7.1.2.

Completeness_Report:

An informal threshold of 1500 meters of width or length is used in digitizing features from the source maps. This threshold is not uniformly applied. Geologic ages indicated on the source maps as uncertain or questionable are attributed without comment. Ages that are divided on the original maps are attributed as undivided. For example: two adjacent polygons of Lower and Middle Cretaceous age are digitized and attributed as one polygon of Cretaceous age. Some unusual age classifications are attributed in a more generalized or standard manner. For instance: Upper Permian through Tertiary is attributed as Cenozoic/Mesozoic, Carboniferous through Triassic is attributed as Mesozoic/Paleozoic, and Upper Triassic through Lower Cretaceous as Mesozoic. Acid, Intermediate and Basic igneous rocks are not differentiated and are attributed as either intrusive or extrusive igneous rocks. Areas indicated on the map as either Ultrabasic or Ophiolitic are classed together as Ultrabasic or Ophiolite. Ephemeral lakes indicated in Australia are not digitized or attributed.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The AGSO and GNS source maps are scanned as gray-scale images and the images are registered and rectified in Arc/Info 7.1.1. The latitude and longitude graticules of the source maps agree closely with calculated graticules created with the Arc/Info generate and project commands. Relatively small RMS errors are achieved in registering the images. No rubbersheeting is perfomed. Discrepancies in compilation are found between the source maps and the ESRI Arcworld shorelines. There is no systematic difference between the two sources, and neither is consistently more detailed or more generalized than the other. (ESRI Arcworld is chosen as a standard because it is widely accepted and available.)  Shorelines are generalized from the ESRI source and polygons of geologic age are extended or truncated to match. Overlaying plots of this coverage, corresponding to the source maps in scale, projection and map extent, on a light table shows a variable offset around the coastlines ranging from 0 to 1 mm (5 km).

The following describe the tolerances:

1.  Original geologic maps are of 500 meter maximum accuracy

(0.1mm at 5,000,000 scale)

2.  Scanned gray-scale images are of 200 dot/inch resolution

(0.13 mm on paper map)

3.  Scanned images are registered and rectified with an average RMS error of 270 meters. (0.05 mm on paper map)

4.  Fuzzy tolerance is set at 500 meters (0.71 pixel)

and weed tolerance is set at 250 meters (0.31 pixel)

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not Applicable

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics

Australian Department of National Development

(now Australian Geological Survey Organisation)

Publication_Date: 1965000

Title:

Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania;

sheets 6, 7, 11 and 12

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Canberra, Australia

Publisher:

Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Australian Department of National Development

(now Australian Geological Survey Organisation)

Source_Scale_Denominator: 5000000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AGSO

Source_Contribution: outlines and attributes of geologic age and type

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics

Australian Department of National Development

(now Australian Geological Survey Organisation)

Publication_Date: 19670000

Title:

Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania;

sheets 2, 3 and 8

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Canberra, Australia

Publisher:

Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Australian Department of National Development

(now Australian Geological Survey Organisation)

Source_Scale_Denominator: 5000000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AGSO

Source_Contribution: outlines and attributes of geologic age and type

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: New Zealand Geological Survey

        (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Limited)

Publication_Date: 19710000

Title:

Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania;

sheets 9 and 13

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Aukland, New Zealand

Publisher: New Zealand Geological Survey

   (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Limited)

Online_Linkage: http://www.gns.cri.nz

Source_Scale_Denominator: 5000000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GNS

Source_Contribution: outlines and attributes of geologic age and type

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)(comp.)

Publication_Date: 19920000

Title: Arcworld cntry_92

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Redlands, CA, U.S.A.

Publisher: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)(comp.)

Publication_Date: 19920000

Title: ArcWorld Digital Map of the World

Source_Scale_Denominator: 3000000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ESRI

Source_Contribution:

Used as a guide to generalize coastlines and verify island locations

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Source maps are scanned as gray-scale tiff images. A coverage of lines of latitude and longitude is generated and projected to match the projection of each map sheet in turn. The gray-scale images are registered with the the lines of latitude and longitude, projected to the source map's projection in Arc/Info, with an average RMS error of 260 meters. The registered tiff images are then rectified in Arc/Info.

Process_Date: 19981020

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Using the gray-scale tiff images as a backdrop guide, arcs and polygon labels are digitized on screen with a fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters and a weed tolerance of 250 meters. Features with a width or length less than 1000 meters are not captured. Working from the West, the coverage is projected to match each set of map sheets. Features crossing map sheet edges are adjusted to be continuous.

Process_Date: 19990105

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The coverage is cleaned and built

with a fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters.

Process_Date: 199900105

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Label attributes are populated in Arcedit, using a special menu, with the scanned tiff images as a backdrop guide. (This step was performed simultaneously with digitization of arcs and labels.)

Process_Date: 19990105

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The coverage is projected to the Lambert projection of the master coverage, geo_reg3.

Process_Date: 19990107

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The coverage is cleaned and built with a fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters.

Process_Date: 19990107

Process_Step:

Process_Description: The coverage is mapjoined with the master coverage.

Process_Date: 19990107

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A copy of the master coverage is projected to the current Lambert projection.

Process_Date: 19990107

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The coverage is cleaned and built with a fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters.

Process_Date: 19990107

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The coverage is clipped to the current extent as a polygon coverage

with a fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters.

Process_Date: 19990108

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4613

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Lambert_Conformal_Conic:

Standard_Parallel: -10

Standard_Parallel: -30

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: 148

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: -28

False_Easting: 0

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 250 meters

Ordinate_Resolution: 250 meters

Planar_Distance_Units: METERS

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: geo_eau.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Attribute Database File

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3027176.89091

Range_Domain_Maximum: 32396648767635.44500

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Geo_aus_

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2

Range_Domain_Maximum: 4614

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Glg

Attribute_Definition: Code for geologic age attribution of source maps

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value:

Q, TQ, NQ, N, T, KT, MZ, PZMZ, K, JK, J, TrJ,

Tr, PTr, PZ, PZu, P, CP, CTr, C, DC, D, PZl, SD,

S, OS, O, CmO, CmD, Cm, PtCm, PtO, pC, Pt, A,

H2O, und, oth

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Range of values taken from AGSO and GNS source map values:

  Q - Quaternary (undivided),

  TQ - Tertiary/Quaternary,

  NQ - Neogene/Quaternary,

  N - Neogene, Paleogene,

  T - Tertiary (undivided),

  KT - Cretaceous/Tertiary,

  MZ - Mesozoic,

  PZMZ - Paleozoic/Mesozoic,

  K - Cretaceous (undivided),

  JK - Jurassic/Cretaceous,

  J - Jurassic (undivided),

  TrJ - Triassic/Jurassic,

  Tr - Triassic (undivided),

  PTr - Permian/Triassic,

  PZ - Paleozoic,

  PZu - Upper Paleozoic,

  P - Permian (unidivided),

  CP - Carboniferous/Permian,

  C - Carboniferous (unidivided),

  DC - Devonian/Carboniferous,

  D - Devonian (unidivided),

  PZl - Lower Paleozoic,

  SD - Silurian/Devonian,

    S - Silurian (unidivided),

  OS - Ordovician/Silurian,

  O - Ordovician (undivided),

  CmO - Cambrian/Ordovician,

  CmD - Cambrian/Devonian,

  Cm - Cambrian (undivided),

  PtO - Proterozoic/Ordovician,

  PtCm - Proterozoic/Cambrian,

  pC - Precambrian (undivided),

  Pt - Proterozoic (undivided),

  A - Archean (undivided),

  H2O - Sea and surface water,

  und - Undetermined age,

  oth - Geology not shown

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: AGSO, GNS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Gen_glg

Attribute_Definition: Code for Generalized geologic age

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value:

CzMz, Cz, Q, T, N, Pg, TK, MzPz, Mz, K,KJ, J, TrJ, Tr, TrP, PzpCm, Pz, Pzu, P ,PC, C, CD, D, DS, Pzl, S, SO, O, OCm, Cm, pCm, Pt, A, H2O, und, oth

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

 Range of values calculated from AGSO and GNS source map values:

  CzMz - Cenozoic/Mesozoic,

  Cz - Cenozoic (unidivided),

  Q - Quaternary (undivided),

  T - Tertiary (undivided),

  N - Neogene,

  Pg - Paleogene,

  TK - Tertiary/Cretaceous,

  MzPz - Mesozoic/Paleozoic,

  Mz - Mesozoic (undivided),

  K - Cretaceous (undivided),

  KJ - Cretaceous/Jurassic,

  J - Jurassic (undivided),

  JTr - Jurassic/Triassic,

  Tr - Triassic (undivided),

  TrP - Triassic/Permian,

  PzpCm - Paleozoic/Precambrian,

  Pz - Paleozoic (undivided),

  Pzu - Upper Paleozoic,

  P - Permian (undivided),

  PC - Permian/Carboniferous,

  C - Carboniferous (undivided),

  CD - Carboniferous/Devonian,

  D - Devonian (undivided),

  DS - Devonian/Silurian,

  Pzl - Lower Paleozoic,

  S - Silurian (undivided),

  SO - Silurian/Ordovician,

  O - Ordovician (undivided),

  OCm - Ordovician/Cambrian,

  Cm - Cambrian (undivided),

  pCm - Precambrian (undivided),

  Pt - Proterozoic (undivided),

  A - Archean (undivided),

  H2O - Sea and surface water,

  und - Undetermined age,

  oth - Geology not shown

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

  U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Age

Attribute_Definition: Numerically indexed code denoting generalized geologic age

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geologic Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value:

01_CzMz, 02_Cz, 03_Q, 04_T, 05_N, 06_Pg, 07_TK, 08_MzPz, 09_Mz, 10_K, 11_KJ, 12_J, 13_TrJ, 14_Tr, 15_TrP, 16_PzpCm, 17_Pz, 18_Pzu, 19_P, 20_PC, 21_C, 22_CD, 23_D, 24_DS, 25_Pzl, 26_S, 27_SO, 28_O, 29_OCm, 30_Cm, 31_pCm, 32_Pt, 33_A, 34_H2O, 35_und, 36_oth

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Range of values calculated from "GEN_GLG":

  01_CzMz - Cenozoic/Mesozoic

  02_Cz - Cenozoic (unidivided)

  03_Q - Quaternary (undivided)

  04_T - Tertiary (undivided)

  05_N - Neogene

  06_Pg - Paleogene

  07_TK - Tertiary/Cretaceous

  08_MzPz - Mesozoic/Paleozoic

  09_Mz - Mesozoic (undivided)

  10_K - Cretaceous (undivided)

  11_KJ - Cretaceous/Jurassic

  12_J - Jurassic (undivided)

  13_JTr - Jurassic/Triassic

  14_Tr - Triassic (undivided)

  15_TrP - Triassic/Permian

  16_PzpCm - Paleozoic/Precambrian

  17_Pz - Paleozoic (undivided)

  18_Pzu - Upper Paleozoic

  19_P - Permian (undivided)

  20_PC - Permian/Carboniferous

  21_C - Carboniferous

  22_CD - Carboniferous/Devonian

  23_D - Devonian (undivided)

  24_DS - Devonian/Silurian

  25_Pzl - Lower Paleozoic

  26_S - Silurian (undivided)

  27_SO - Silurian/Ordovician

  28_O - Ordovician (undivided)

  29_OCm - Ordovician/Cambrian

  30_Cm - Cambrian (undivided)

  31_pCm - Precambrian (undivided)

  32_Pt - Proterozoic (undivided)

  33_A - Archean (undivided)

  34_H2O - Sea and surface water

  35_und - Undetermined age

  36_oth - Geology not shown

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

          U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lith

Attribute_Definition: Alphabetically indexed code denoting rock type

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: B_volc, C_intrus, D_ultra

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Range of values abstracted from AGSO and GNS maps:

     B_volc - Extrusive igneous rock

     C_intrus - Intrusive igneous rock

     D_ultra - Ultrabasic igneous rock and ophiolites

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

             U.S. Geological Survey

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey Earth Science Information Center (ESIC)

Contact_Position: N/A

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

U.S. Geological Survey

Box 25286

Building 810 Denver Federal Center

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225-0286

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.202.4200

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

Resource_Description:

CD-ROM "Open File Report 97-470F

                  Maps Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields,

                  and Geologic Provinces of the Asia Pacific Region"

Distribution_Liability:

No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the The U.S. Geological Survey regarding the correctness of the the data, or the utility of the data on any computer system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Arcview Shapefile

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Format: ISO 9660 with Apple HSF extensions

Compatibility_Information:

ISO 9660 format allows the CDROM to be read by most computer operating systems.

Fees: None

Ordering_Instructions:

To order CD-ROM contact USGS Earth Science Information Center 1-800-USA-MAPS

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19990206

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Peter J. McCabe

Contact_Position:

  Asia Pacific Region Coordinator for World Energy Project

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

U.S. Geological Survey,

Energy Resources Team, Box 25046

Denver Federal Center, MS 939

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225-0046

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.236.7550

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pmccabe@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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