Readme file for Geologic Map of the Shenandoah National Park Region, Virginia.

Scott Southworth, John N. Aleinikoff, Christopher M. Bailey, William C. Burton, E.A. Crider, Paul 
Hackley, Joseph P. Smoot, Richard P. Tollo, 2009

All data is in UTM Zone 17N, Datum NAD27, meters

File Structure:

	/Geodatabase(ArcGIS 9.3)/ (Each feature class contains its own metadata.)
		ShenandoahVA.mdb		
			Bedrock (bedrock unit polygons)	
			BedrockContactsandFaults
			HighStrainZone
			Sinkholes
			Surficial (surficial unit polygons)
			SurficialContacts
			Bedding
			CrossSections
			Foliations
			MapBoundary (spatial extent of the data)
			PointData
			UPBDates

	/basemap(zipfile)/ (Registered and cleaned in ArcGIS with ArcScan; files do not contain world files)
			CharlottesvilleCulture1.tif
			CharlottesvilleLiquid1.tif
			CharlottesvilleTopo1.tif
			FrontRoyalCulture1.tif
			FrontRoyalLiquid1.tif
			FrontRoyalTopo1.tif
	
	/Shapefiles(zipfile)/ (Each feature class contains its own metadata.)
			Bedrock (bedrock unit polygons)	
			BedrockContactsandFaults
			HighStrainZone
			Sinkholes
			Surficial (surficial unit polygons)
			Surficial Contacts
			Bedding
			CrossSections
			Foliations
			MapBoundary (spatial extent of the data)
			PointData
			UPBDates


			

ShenandoahVAMetadata.txt (generic metadata for entire GIS database)

ShenandoahGeologicMap.pdf (Adobe Acrobat file for viewing and plotting the full geologic map plate as published by the U.S. Geological Survey)

Readme.txt (this text file)


This publication may be found on the Internet at:  http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1153

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