3-D mapping of the conterminous U.S. within the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program: Progress and future prospects

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Cooperative Mapping Program (NCGMP) is bringing together subsurface and three-dimensional information at multiple scales for the conterminous United States from data produced throughout the USGS and by federal and state partners. Components of this work include data inventory and catalog development, data integration and database development, and construction of subregional and basin-scale three-dimensional (3-D) geologic models. At small scales, the NCGMP is compiling subsurface data to create a limited number of subsurface layers that map the majority of the lower 48 States. At larger scales, 3-D models of stratigraphic units are intended to be the subsurface analog and extension of the surface geologic maps made within the Program. The Mapping Program is developing methods of storing, visualizing, and distributing 3-D models and subsurface data from multiple sources in easily shareable, queryable, non-proprietary format(s). We report on progress in 3-D mapping of the conterminous U.S. and on future prospects.

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Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title 3-D mapping of the conterminous U.S. within the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program: Progress and future prospects
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher Geological Society of America
Contributing office(s) Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
Description 5 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Conference publication
Larger Work Title Three-dimensional geological mapping: Workshop extended abstracts; Geological Society of America annual meeting
First page 81
Last page 85
Conference Title Three-Dimensional Geological Mapping: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Conference Location Anaheim, CA
Conference Date September 20-21, 2024
Country United States
Other Geospatial conterminous United States
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