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This map was created as part of a worldwide series of
geologic maps for the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project.
These products are available on CD-ROM and the Internet. The
goal of the project is to assess the undiscovered, technically
recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. Two previously
published digital geologic data sets (U.S. and Caribbean) were
clipped to the map extent, while the dataset for Mexico was digitized
for this project. Original attributes for all data layers were
maintained, and in some cases, graphically merged with common
symbology for presentation purposes.
The world has been divided into geologic provinces that are used
for allocation and prioritization of oil and gas assessments.
For the World Energy Project, a subset of those provinces is
shown on this map. Each province has a set of geologic characteristics
that distinguish it from surrounding provinces. These characteristics
may include dominant lithologies, the age of the strata, and/or
structural type.
The World Geographic Coordinate System of 1984 is used for data
storage, and the data are presented in a Lambert Conformal Conic
Projection on the OFR 97-470-L map product. Other details about
the map compilation and data sources are provided in metadata
documents in the data section
on this CD-ROM.
Several software packages were used to create this map including:
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) ArcGIS
8.3, ArcInfo software, Adobe Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, and
Acrobat 6.0.
French, C.D., and Schenk, C.J., 2004, Map showing geology,
oil and gas fields,
and geologic provinces of the Caribbean region: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 97-470-K, 1 CD-ROM. [on-line] available
at: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-470/OF97-470K/
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geographia e Informatica, Natural
Resources Canada,
and the U.S. Geological Survey, 2004, North American Atlas
- Political Boundaries.
IOC, IHO, and BODC, 2003, "Centenary Edition of the GEBCO Digital
Atlas", published
on CD-ROM on behalf of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission and
the International Hydrographic Organization as part of the
General Bathymetric
Chart of the Oceans; British Oceanographic Data Centre, Liverpool.
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, 10 p. [CD-ROM]. [on-line] available
at:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-463/
NRG Associates, 2001, [includes data current as of 1999], The
significant oil and gas
fields of the United States: Colorado Springs, Colorado, NRG
Associates,
Inc.; database available from NRG Associates, Inc.; P.O. Box
1655,
Colorado Springs, CO 80901, U.S.A.
Petroconsultants International Data Corp. 2002, Petroleum exploration
and
production database: Petroconsultants International Data Corp.
Ramos, E.L., and Mejorada, S.H.S., 1976, Carta Geologica de la
Republica Mexicana:
Edition 4a. Instituto de Geologia U.N.A.M, Ciudad Universitaria,
scale 1:2,000,000.
Schruben, P., Arndt, R., and Bawiec, W., 1994, Geologic units
of the conterminous
United States at 1:2,500,000 scale -- A Digital representation
of the 1974 P.B. King
and H.M. Beikman map: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series
DDS-11. [on-line]
available at: https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds11/
U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Assessment Team,
2000, U.S. Geological
Survey World Petroleum Assessment 2000: U.S. Geological Survey
Digital Data Series DDS-60, 4 CD-ROMs. [on-line] available
at:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-060
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