Database of the Geology and Thermal Activity of Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park By Kathryn Flynn, Brita Graham Wall, Donald E. White*, Roderick A, Hutchinson*, Terry E.C. Keith, Laura Clor, and Joel E. Robinson Data Series 324 2008 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey INTRODUCTION This dataset contains contacts, geologic units, and map boundaries from Plate 1 of USGS Professional Paper 1456, "The Geology and Remarkable Thermal Activity of Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming." A scan of the plate from that Professional Paper is available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1456/ This dataset was constructed to produce a digital geologic map as a basis for studying hydrothermal processes in Norris Geyser Basin. FILES 1_readme.txt Overview of the data disc - this file 1_metadata.txt Metadata text file ds-324_data Zipped file that contains the database for the map: Norris_geyser_basin.mxd ArcMap document containing map layout Norris.mbd Geodatabase file containing the following feature classes and table: Annotation Annotation feaure class basins_poly Feature class containing polygons that delineate the basins contours Arc feature class of contours derived from a DEM geology_arc Arc feature class of the geologic contacts geology_poly Polygon feature class containing geologic units point_features Point feature class containing locations of thermal feature and structural measurements streams_arc Arc feature class containing streams unit _descriptions Table containing geologic unit symbols and their full geologic unit name Norris.idb ESRI folder that contains the zero-length file ESRI.IDB Norris.ldb ESRI file metadata folder Contains text versions of the metadata describing each individual feature class usgslogo.aux and usgslogo.tif logo files The .zip file containing the geodatabase also contains copies of the 1_readme.txt and 1_metadata.txt files version_history.txt Release information for Data Series 324 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS This data series contains ESRI geodatabase files and requires ESRI ArcGIS 8.x or newer or compatable software. HOW TO OBTAIN THE DIGITAL FILES The digital files constituting this database can be obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey publications website. Go to the web page at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/324/ and follow the directions to download the files The bibliographic reference for this publication is: Flynn, Kathryn, Graham Wall, Brita, White, Donald E., Hutchinson, Roderick A., Keith, Terry E.C., Clor, Laura, and Robinson, Joel E., 2008, Database of the Geology and Thermal Activity of Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park: Data Series 324 scale 1:2,400 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/324/]. DISCLAIMER Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. * Deceased