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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the American Geological Institute (AGI) Global GIS Database

Entry ID: Global_GIS

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Summary

Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological
Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on
making the USGS Global Geographic Information System (GIS) database
readily available to educators and the general public in the form of a
GIS based world atlas.

This USGS Global GIS database ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Access to Global GIS CD-ROMs and information.

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: USGWS News Release "USGS and the American Geological Institute Combine to Offer a World of Information".

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: USGS

Dataset Title: Global GIS Database

Dataset Release Place: Virginia

Dataset Publisher: American Geological Institute (AGI)

Data Presentation Form: GIS maps

Online Resource: http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/pubindex.html?Catagory=GlobalGIS

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES

SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY > ERUPTION DYNAMICS

SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY > ERUPTION DYNAMICS > MAGMA COMPOSITION/TEXTURE

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Ancillary Keywords

SEISMICITY

MOUNT EREBUS

Data Center

Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory, Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Data Center URL: http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/Erebus/erebus.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: RICHARD CRAIG ASTER Phone: 505 835-5924 Fax: 505 835-6436 Email: aster at dutchman.nmt.edu Email: aster at ees.nmt.edu Contact Address: Geophysics Program Department of Earth and Environmental Science New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 801 Leroy Place City: Socorro Province or State: NM Postal Code: 87801 Country: USA