Digital geologic map database of the Nevada Test Site area, Nevada
Open-File Report
97-140
By: R. R. Wahl, D.A. Sawyer, S.A. Minor, M. D. Carr, J. C. Cole, W. C. Swadley, R. J. Laczniak, R.G. Warren, K. S. Green, and C. M. Engle
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Abstract
Forty years of geologic investigations at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) have been digitized. These data include all geologic information that: (1) has been collected, and (2) can be represented on a map within the map borders at the map scale is included in the map digital coverages. The following coverages are included with this dataset:
Coverage Type Description geolpoly Polygon Geologic outcrops geolflts line Fault traces geolatts Point Bedding attitudes, etc. geolcald line Caldera boundaries geollins line Interpreted lineaments geolmeta line Metamorphic gradients
The above coverages are attributed with numeric values and interpreted information. The entity files documented below show the data associated with each coverage.
Suggested Citation
Wahl, R.R., Sawyer, D., Minor, S., Carr, M.D., Cole, J.C., Swadley, W.C., Laczniak, R.J., Warren, R., Green, K.S., Engle, C.M., 1997, Digital geologic map database of the Nevada Test Site area, Nevada (Revision 3: release of 9/09/97): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-140, 49 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97140.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Digital geologic map database of the Nevada Test Site area, Nevada |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 97-140 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr97140 |
| Edition | Revision 3: release of 9/09/97 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 49 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Other Geospatial | Nevada Test Site |