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Alabama geologic map data

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Show in a web browser window:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sgmc/al.html

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• algeol.kml (42.9M bytes)
• algeol.kmz (12.8M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/state/al?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&

Download:

Geological attributes:	ALcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	ALgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	ALfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs

Metadata:

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Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1323

Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States : Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1323/

Methodology:

Detailed report of data standardization procedures

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1323/documents/CONUSdocumentation.pdf

Sources:

Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.

Geologic units in Alabama