DISCLAIMER
 

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You cannot execute the installer from a path that has spaces in it.

PREFACE
 

This is one of a series of products resulting from the World Energy Project of the U.S. Geological Survey.  Inquiries about this CD-ROM or the Project's effort in the South Asia Region should be addressed to:   Craig J. Wandrey (Coordinator, South Asia region)   U.S. Geological Survey MS 939   Box 25046   Denver Federal Center  Denver, CO 80225-0046   Tel: 303-236-5341   Email: cwandrey@usgs.gov   Inquiries about the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project should be addressed to:   Thomas S. Ahlbrandt (Coordinator, World Energy Project)   U.S. Geological Survey   Box 25046   Denver Federal Center   Denver, CO 80225-0046   Tel: 303-236-5776   Email: ahlbrandt@usgs.gov

INTRODUCTION
 

This digitally compiled map includes geology, geologic provinces, and oil and gas fields of South Asia.  The map is part of a worldwide series on CD-ROM by the World Energy Project of the U.S. Geological Survey. The goal of the project is to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world,  and to report these results by the year 2000. For data management purposes, the world is divided into eight energy regions corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world as defined by the U.S. Department of State. South Asia (Region 8) includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.  Each region is then further divided into geologic provinces on the basis of natural geologic entities and may include a dominant structural element or a number of contiguous elements. Some provinces contain multiple genetically related basins.  Geologic province boundaries for South Asia are delineated using data from a number of geologic maps, and other tectonic and geographic data (see References). Offshore province boundaries are defined by the 2000-meter bathymetric contour from UNESCO geologic maps (see References). Each province is assigned a unique number; the first digit is the region number.  The provinces are numbered in geographical groups; onshore (commencing with 800, 802 or 803), offshore (commencing with 806), and combined onshore and offshore (commencing with 804).  The list of the provinces sorted by Code is shown in Adobe Acrobat region8.pdf file.  Oil and gas field data from Petroconsultants International Data Corporation worldwide oil and gas field database are allocated to these provinces.  The geologic provinces are being further subdivided into petroleum systems and assessment units in order to appraise the undiscovered petroleum potential of selected provinces of the world.  Specific details of the data sources and map compilation are given in the metadata files (MAP_META, GEO8, PROV8 and PROVWRLD) on this CD-ROM. Smaller stratigraphic subdivisions of Phanerozoic rock are combined to simplify the map and to maintain consistency with other maps of the series. Precambrian rocks are undivided.  Oil and gas field markers represent field center-points published with permission from Petroconsultants International Data Corp., 1996 database.  This map is compiled using Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) ARC/INFO software.  Political boundaries and cartographic representations are based on ESRI's ArcWorld 1:3M digital coverages, and used with permission from ESRI (attachment B).  These same features are used for general reference only and have no political significance. Portions of this  Database covering the coastline and country boundaries contain intellectual property of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), and are used herein with permission. Copyright 1992 and 1996, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.  Version History:       Version 1.0:  May 1998       Version 2.0:  November 1999      This html readme file has been added      The ArcExplorer project has been added      Arc/Info export files of the spatial data in unprojected geographic coordinates have been added      Ascii text files of the spatial data in unprojected geographic coordinates have been added      The Arcview project has been upgraded to more closely reflect the map on region8.pdf      The metadata files have been revised      The directory structure has been modified.

 

CD Organization
 

OF97470C                              README.HTM                               README.TXT                               README.MAC                               README.ISO                               REGION8.PDF                               REG8.AEP        ACROBAT                             ARWIN31.EXE                              AR9598NT.EXE                              ARMAC.HQX                              ARSUNTAR.GZ                              ARSOLTAR.Z                              ARLINTAR.GZ                              ARAIXTAR.Z                              ARHPTAR.Z                              ARSGITAR.Z                              ARDIGTAR.Z                              AROS2.EXE                              READMAC.TXT                              READWIN.TXT                              READUNIX.TXT         STH_ASIA            ARC_COVR                    GEO8                       POL8                       POLW_RB                       POLW_RB2                       PROVWRLD                       REG8                       INFO                EXPORT                    DATA                           GEO8.e00                               GEO8_G.e00                               LINES.e00                               LINES_G.e00                               POL8.e00                               POL8_G.e00                            PROVWRLD.e00                               PRVWRLD_G.e00                               REG8.e00                     MISC                             FNT034                              MAPBAR.AML                              NEAT.PRJ                              PROJ.PRJ                              PROVLINE.KEY                              REG8GLG.AML                              REG8INTR.TXT                              REG8PROV.AML                              REG8REFS.TXT                              WEP.SHD                              WLDMAP.AML           METADATA            MAC                               GEO8.TXT                                MAP_META.TXT                                PROV8.TXT                                PROVWRLD.TXT             HTML                               GEO8.HTM                                MAP_META.HTM                                PROV8.HTM                                PROVWRLD.HTM              UNIX                               GEO8.TXT                                MAP_META.TXT                                PROV8.TXT                                PROVWRLD.TXT              WIN                               GEO8.TXT                                MAP_META.TXT                                PROV8.TXT                                PROVWRLD.TXT             MISC                              USGSLOGO.JPG             PERMSSN                              ARCEXPL.GIF                               ARCEXPL.TIF                               ATTACH_B.TXT                               CGMW.GIF                               CGMW.TIF                               PIDC.GIF                               PIDC.TIF                               UNESCO.GIF                               UNESCO.TIF                 MAC                              ATTACH_B.RTF                               ATTACH_B.TXT                               ATTCH_W4.DOC                               ATTCH_W6.DOC                               ATTCH_WP.DOC                 UNIX                               ATTACH_B.TXT             PLOT                              GEO8.AI                               GEO8.EPS                               GEO8.GRA                               GEO8.HP2                               PROV8.AI                               PROV8.EPS                               PROV8.GRA                               PROV8.HP2             TEXT                             GEO8.CSV                              GEO8.GEN                             GEO8_G.CSV                              GEO8_G.GEN                              PROVWRLD.GEN                              PROVWRLD.CSV                              PRVWRLD_G.GEN                              PRVWRLD_G.CSV             VIEWS                              REG8.APR                               REG8_PC.APR              MAC                              INSTALL.TXT                              startup              MISC                              GEO8.AVL                               WEP1.AVP             SHAPES                              GEO8.DBF                               GEO8.SHP                               GEO8.SHX                               LINES.DBF                               LINES.SHP                               LINES.SHX                               POL8.DBF                               POL8.SHP                               POL8.SHX                               PROVWRLD.DBF                               PROVWRLD.SHP                               PROVWRLD.SHX              UNIX                              INSTALL.TXT                               CSHRC.TXT             WIN                              INSTALL.TXT

 
 
 

GETTING STARTED
 

Data are provided on this CD-ROM to be used by three applications: (Note: This does not preclude the use of other applications for viewing or using these data.)  Adobe Acrobat Reader - Portable Document Format (pdf) ESRI's ArcExplorer - ArcExplorer Projects (aep) ESRI's ArcView - ArcView Projects (apr)     The Adobe Acrobat file is suggested for slower computers.  It provides graphic images of the Map Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of South Asia.  It also features the accompanying Preface, Introduction, Contact Information, Data Processing Steps and List of Geologic Provinces.  The maps can be zoomed and panned. The software needed to view this file is included on this disk.  The ESRI ArcExplorer project presents the data in a simple GIS format,  that can be zoomed and panned.  In addition, the data layers can be queried.  The necessary software is included on this disk.  The ESRI Arcview project offers a more sophisticated GIS presentation of the data.  The map can be zoomed and panned.  The cartographic symbols are more refined and the data tables can be queried.  The software must be purchased from a vendor.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION
 

For more information on the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project contact:  Tom Ahlbrandt  ahlbrandt@usgs.gov phone: 303-236-5776  Box 25046 MS 939  Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046  For more information on this CD-ROM contact:  Craig J. Wandrey  cwandrey@usgs.gov phone: 303-236-5341  Box 25046, MS 939  Denver Federal Center,  Denver, CO   80225-0046

DATA DIRECTORY
 

ARC_COVR       Arc/Info coverages  EXPORT            GIS data in Arc/info export format  METADATA      Metadata for data files included on this disk  PERMSSN          Permissions to use data and distribute software  PLOT                  Graphic files to create plots of maps featured on this disk  TEXT                  GIS data in ascii text format (Arc/Info generate)  VIEWS               Arcview project for all platforms, ArcExplorer project and data

 

METADATA
 

The metadata files in this directory are found in four file formats.   .html - hypertext found in the HTML directory.   .txt  -  DOS text found in the WIN directory.   .txt  -  Macintosh text found in the MAC directory.   .txt  -  UNIX ascii text found in the UNIX directory.  Click here to view the Metadata Directory

REFERENCES
 

Abu, M., Bakr, M. S., and Jackson, Roy O., 1964, Rawalpindi, Geological map of  Pakistan: Geological Survey of Pakistan, scale: 1:2,000,000.  Alam, M., Khurshid, Hasan, A.K.M., Shahidul, Khan, Mujibur Rahman,  and Whitney, John W., 1990, Geological map of Bangladesh: Geological Survey of  Bangladesh, scale: 1:1,000,000.  Bender, F., 1981, Geology of Burma: Technische Fachhochschule Berlin,  scale: 1:2,000,000.  Choubert, G. and Faure-Muret, A.*, 1976, Geological World Atlas, UNESCO, sheet 11, scale: 1:10,000,000.  Dasgupta, A. K., Ghose, A., and Chakraborty, K. K., 1993, Geological  map of India: Hyderabad, Geological Survey of India, scale: 1:5,000,000.  Earth Sciences Research Division, 1977, Geological map of The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma: Earth Sciences Research Division, Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma scale: 1:1,000,000.  Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., 1992, ArcWorld 1:3M Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), Digital database, available from ESRI, Redlands, CA, scale: 1:3,000,000.  Ghose, A., Chatterjee, D., and Bannerjee, J.*, 1990, Geological map of South and East Asia: Commission for Geological Map of the World, Subcommission for South and East Asia, UNESCO, scale: 1,5,000,000. JEBCO Seismic Ltd.*, compilers, 1984, Geological world atlas U.S.S.R. and surrounding areas: extract from the Geological World Atlas, sheets 10 through 13, Commission for the Geological Map of the World/UNESCO, scale: 1:10,000,000.  Klett, T. R., Ahlbrandt, T. S., Schmoker, J. W., and Dolton, G. L., 1997  Ranking of the world's oil and gas provinces by known petroleum  volumes: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-463, one CD-ROM.  Petroconsultants International Data Corporation, 1988, World Sedimentary  Basins: Petroconsultants International Data Corporation, Geneva, Switzerland, scale: 1:23,000,000.  Petroconsultants International Data Corporation, 1996, Petroconsultants Worldwide Oil and Gas Field database 1996: Petroconsultants International Data Corporation, Geneva, Switzerland.  Wirtz, D., Muhlfeld, R., Weippert, D., and Wittekindt, H., compilers, 1964, Geological map of Afghanistan Central and Southern Part: Hanover, Geological Survey of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Afghanistan Geological and Mineral Survey (Kabul), scale: 1:1,000,000.  Wittekindt, H., and Weippert, D., Compilers, 1973, Geological map of Central and Southern Afghanistan: Hanover, Geological Survey of the Federal Republic of Germany, scale: 1:500,000.    * Used with the permission of UNESCO

 
 
 
 

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