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Marsh, Sherman P. , Richter, Donald H. , Ludington, Steve, Soria-Escalante, Eduardo, and Escobar-Diaz, Angel, 1997, Fifteen 1 degree X 2 degree Digital Geologic Maps of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-174.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
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To provide to the public a digital geologic map database Altiplano/Cordillera Occidental area of Bolivia.
Marsh, Sherman P. , Richter, Domald H. , Ludington, Steve, Soria-Escalante, Eduardo, and Escobar-Diaz, Angel, 1992, Geologic map of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1975, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
U.S. Geological Survey, and Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, 1992, Geology and Mineral Resources of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1975, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
No attempt has been made to field check the geologic information nor has any attempt been made to resolve any geologic discrepancies at the borders of the maps. Any related ARC/INFO files for each of the 15 maps are included in the ARC/INFO export files.
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The 1 degree X 2 degree geologic maps of the Altiplano/Cordillera Occidental were produced from fifteen, 1:250,000 scale, field compilation maps. These paper maps were made by Servicio Geologico de Bolivia (GEOBOL) geologists in the 1980's.
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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-174
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