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Kentucky geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Kentucky, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states.
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- Show in a web browser window:
- http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sgmc/ky.html
- Show in Google Earth or download KML:
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- Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:
- http://mrdata.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/state/ky?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&
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[Outline] - [Questions & Answers] - [Plain text]
- Publication:
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- USGS Open-File Report 2005-1324
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Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States : Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1324/
- Methodology:
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Detailed report of data standardization procedures
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1324/documents/CONUSdocumentation.pdf
- Sources:
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Noger, M.C., compiler, 1988, Geologic map of Kentucky: sesquicenntennial edition of the Kentucky Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey and the Kentucky Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Geologic units in Kentucky