U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 01-318
Online Version 1.0

Coal Geology, Land Use, and Human Health in the People's Republic of China

Compiled by Alex W. Karlsen, Adam C. Schultz, Peter D. Warwick, Steven M. Podwysocki, and Vivian S. Lovern

Included in this report are

• An ArcView project file (.apr)
• ArcView shapefiles (.shp)
• Metadata for the shapefiles
• Acrobat Portable Document Format files (.pdf)
• Encapsulated PostScript files (.eps)

The digital data on this CD-ROM can be viewed in three different formats:

ESRI ArcView (.shp) files (These files are the separate coverages, compressed, and ranging from 6 KB to 5.7 MB)

The ESRI ArcView shapefiles are the coverages of political boundaries, counties, provinces, cities, urban areas, airfields, roads, railroads, electrical power network, river networks, ecoregions, population density, dental fluorosis prevalence rates, elevated flouride sources, ore deposits, oil and gas fields, coal-bearing age units, coal fields, coal mine production and rank, and geology (scale 1:10,000,000).

The ESRI ArcView shapefiles are available alternately as one compressed volume [38 MB]. Right-click (PC) or click and hold (Macintosh) to download.

The ArcView project (631 KB) is viewable if you have ArcView 3.1 or later installed on the computer on which the data are to be viewed. Right-click (PC) or click and hold (Macintosh) to download. The ArcView project file has the .shapefiles incorporated into two views: (1) Geology and Natural Resources and (2) Human Health and Environment.

ArcExplorer is available for free for users who do not have access to ArcView. ArcExplorer can be used to view the ArcView shapefiles included in this report.

Winzip for Windows can decompress the files, and StuffIt Expander for Macintosh can decompress the files.

Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File format (.pdf) files

Three PDF files contain graphic images generated from coverages in ArcView. The PDF images are as follows:

1. Coalfields, Coal Mines, and Coal-Bearing Age Units in the People's Republic of China [894 KB]
2. High Fluoride Pollution Sources in the People's Republic of China [833 KB]
3. Prevalence Rates of Dental Fluorosis in the People's Republic of China [707 KB]

Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 (or newer) is necessary to view the .pdf files. If Acrobat Reader 4.0 (or newer) is not installed on your computer, it is available for downloading from the Adobe website.

Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) files

Three EPS files contain graphic images generated from coverages in ArcView. The EPS files can be loaded into graphics software or printed on an EPS-compatible plotter. The EPS images are as follows:

1. Coalfields, Coal Mines, and Coal-Bearing Age Units in the People's Republic of China [2.2 MB]
2. High Fluoride Pollution Sources in the People's Republic of China [2.9 MB]
3. Prevalence Rates of Dental Fluorosis in the People's Republic of China [2.2 MB]

Metadata

The metadata files are located on the USGS Geologic Division Node of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. Alternately, you can download the compressed metadata files with support documents.

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

ESRI and MapObjects are registered trademarks in the United States and are either trademarks or registered trademarks in all other countries where they are used, and ArcExplorer is a trademark of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

Contact Information

Inquiries about this product should be addressed to:

Alexander W. Karlsen
U.S. Geological Survey MS 956
National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20192

Tel: 703-648-6489

This open-file report is available on CD-ROM. See USGS product and pricing information to purchase this product.