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USGS Geologic Map of North America
Entry ID: USGS_GMNA

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Summary
Abstract: The Geologic Map of North America (published February 2005) portrays the grand
architecture of the continent as we understood it in the closing years of the
20th century. As the final product of the Geological Society of America's
Decade of North American Geology project, it was compiled by John C. Reed, Jr.
(USGS), John O. Wheeler (Geological Survey of Canada), and Brian ... View entire text
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Description: Comparisons of the 2005 Geologic Map of North America with the 1965 Map, Areas
1-4.
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Caption:  Photo Reference: USGS
 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 89.0   S: 2.0   E: -18.0   W: -172.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: John C. Reed, Jr, John O. Wheeler, Brian E. Tucholke
Dataset Title: USGS Geologic Map of North America
Dataset Release Date: 2005
Dataset Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Geological Society of America
Data Presentation Form: map
Online Resource: http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/info/gmna/
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES Parameter Definition
LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > EOLIAN LANDFORMS/PROCESSES Parameter Definition
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Project
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NOAA/NCDC
Data Center
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER
Phone: +1 (303) 497-6160
Fax: +1 (303) 497-6513
Email: paleo at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3
325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80303
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: ftp
Distribution Format: excel, csv
Fees: none
Personnel
ELISABETH L. SIKES
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 732-932-6555 ext 518
Fax: 732-932-8578
Email: sikes at imcs.Rutgers.edu
Contact Address:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
71 Dudley Rd
City: New Brunswick
Province or State: NJ
Postal Code: 08901-8521
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Sikes, E.L. and L. Keigwin, 1994, Equatorial Atlantic sea surface temperature
for the last 30 kyr: A comparison of Uk37, delO18 and foraminiferal assemblage
temperature estimates, Paleoceanography 9(1), pp 31-45.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-12-27
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-07-02

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