USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2837 Surficial geologic map of the Germantown quadrangle, Shelby County, Tennessee By Roy Van Arsdale This geospatial database has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. The database can be downloaded from http://pubs.usgs.gov/. ArcInfo export files and ArcView shapefiles are included in a gzipped tar archive and a Windows zip archive. Identical files are included in both compressed archive files. In addition, an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file may be downloaded, from which a paper copy may be printed. Please refer to the file 2837.met for metadata documentation for this geospatial database. List of files: 2837.pdf (PDF of map) 2837_508.pdf (508-accessible PDF of map text) 2837.met 2837.tar.gz or 2837.zip: 00README.txt 2837.met database files: e00 directory: grgeolt: polygon coverage of geologic units and contacts grcrosst: line coverage of cross sections shapefiles directory: grgeoltp.shp (contains polygon attributes for grgeolt database) grgeoltp.shx grgeoltp.dbf grgeoltl.shp (contains line attributes for grgeolt database) grgeoltl.shx grgeoltl.dbf grcrosst.shp (contains line attributes for grcrosst database) grcrosst.shx grcrosst.dbf 2837_bases.tar.gz or 2837_bases.zip base-map images: gmr.tif (topography, planimetry, and drainages) gmr.tfw gm_wr.tif (open water) gm_wr.tfw