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California geologic map data

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

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• cageol.kml (34.9M bytes)
• cageol.kmz (9.9M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

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

Download:

Geological attributes:	CAcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	CAgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	CAfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs

Metadata:

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Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1305

Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States - western states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1305/

Methodology:

Detailed report of data standardization procedures

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1305/documents/CONUS_Wdocumentation.pdf

Sources:

Jennings, C.W., Strand, R.G., and Rogers, T.H., 1977, Geologic map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:750,000.

Johnson, Bruce R. and Leveritch, Beth, 1998, 1:100,000 Scale State Boundaries of the Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey, unpublished.

Geologic units in California