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Geologic Provinces of the Far East (prv_3fe)

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Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: Geologic Provinces of the Far East (prv_3fe)

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Douglas W. Steinshouer

Originator: Jin Qiang

Originator: Peter J. McCabe

Originator: Robert T. Ryder

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Maps showing geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of the Asia Pacific Region

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 97-470F

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 1998

Title: World energy data on CD-ROM

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 97-470

Online_Linkage: <http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/energy/WorldEnergy/WEnergy.html>

Description:

Abstract:: This coverage includes arcs, polygons and polygon labels that describe U.S. Geological Survey defined geologic provinces of the Far East (China, Mongolia, North and South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and parts of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam). Each province has a set of geologic characteristics distinguishing it from surrounding provinces. These characteristics may include the dominant lithologies, the age of the strata, and the structural style. Some provinces include multiple genetically-related basins. Offshore province boundaries are defined by the 2000 meter bathymetric contour.
Purpose:: To delineate geologic province boundaries in Open File Report 97-470F Maps Showing Geology, Geologic Provinces, and Oil and Gas Fields of the The Far East, which is being compiled as a small scale geologic reference for the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project assessment of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. This coverage is used to produce a map and an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document of the map, to be published on CD-ROM. An Arcview shapefile derived from this coverage is used in an Arcview project.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Not Planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 69.4521
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 150.7568
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 51.9563
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.9471

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: Geologic Province
Theme_Keyword: Oil
Theme_Keyword: Gas
Theme_Keyword: Geologic map

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Eurasia
Place_Keyword: Asia Pacific
Place_Keyword: Asia
Place_Keyword: Pacific
Place_Keyword: China
Place_Keyword: Mongolia
Place_Keyword: Japan
Place_Keyword: Korea
Place_Keyword: Taiwan
Place_Keyword: North Korea
Place_Keyword: South Korea
Place_Keyword: Hong Kong
Place_Keyword: Tibet
Place_Keyword: Far East
Place_Keyword: East Asia
Place_Keyword: Macau
Place_Keyword: Circum-Pacific
Place_Keyword: South China Sea
Place_Keyword: Sea of Japan
Place_Keyword: Yellow Sea
Place_Keyword: CB
Place_Keyword: CH
Place_Keyword: HK
Place_Keyword: JA
Place_Keyword: KN
Place_Keyword: KS
Place_Keyword: MC
Place_Keyword: MG
Place_Keyword: RP
Place_Keyword: TH
Place_Keyword: TW
Place_Keyword: VM
Place_Keyword: Kingdom of Cambodia
Place_Keyword: People's Republic of China
Place_Keyword: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Place_Keyword: Republic of Korea
Place_Keyword: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Place_Keyword: Republic of the Philippines
Place_Keyword: Kingdom of Thailand
Place_Keyword: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 1100 - Geology
Theme_Keyword: 1101 - General

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0
Place_Keyword: CH = China
Place_Keyword: MG = Mongolia
Place_Keyword: KN = Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Place_Keyword: KS = Korea, Republic of
Place_Keyword: JA = Japan
Place_Keyword: CB = Cambodia
Place_Keyword: LA = Laos
Place_Keyword: VM = Vietnam
Place_Keyword: TW = Taiwan
Place_Keyword: RP = Philippines
Place_Keyword: TH = Thailand

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Central Energy Resource Team
Contact_Person: Peter J. McCabe

Contact_Position: Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator for the World Energy Project

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:: Mail Stop 939
Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.236.7550

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pmccabe@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

Native_Data_Set_Environment: SunOS, 5.6, sun4u UNIX Arc/Info v 7.1.1

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: T.R. Klett, T.S. Ahlbrandt, J.W. Schmoker, and G.L. Dolton

Publication_Date: 19970000

Title:

Ranking of the World's Oil and Gas Provinces by Known Petroleum Volumes

Series_Information:

Series_Name: World Energy Data on CD-ROM
Issue_Identification: Open File Report 97-463

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: This coverage is a portion of a composite coverage composed of geologic provinces defined by regional coordinators of the U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Project and others. There have been updates and corrections in spelling of the names of the provinces since they were first published in Open File Report 97-463 (Klett and others, 1997). The following provinces depicted in this coverage have been updated: 3108 Cuoqing Lupola Basin is now Cuoqing Lunpola Basin 3115 Jungger Basin is now Junggar Basin 3159 Yingehai Basin is now Yinggehai Basin 3403 Huskan Platform is now Huksan Platform 3404 Korba Bay Basin is now Korea Bay Basin Changes have been reviewed by regional coordinator.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Polygon topology is present, each polygon has one unique label point, there are no dangles, polygons are bounded at extent of coverage. The coverage has been topologically cleaned and built in Arc/Info.

Completeness_Report:

Geologic provinces are delineated by U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Project regional coordinators and others with an emphasis on the determination of petroleum systems. Methods may vary from one region to another. The coverage has been updated. Spelling errors in province names are corrected. Province boundaries are adjusted to more closely match surface surface geology, where applicable.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:: Coverage has a fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters. Province boundaries are adjusted to more closely match surface geology, where applicable, since the provinces were first published in Open File Report 97-463 (Klett and others, 1997) Boundary changes have been reviewed by regional coordinator.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not Applicable

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S.Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 19960000

Title: wrldprov_rob (World Geologic Provinces in Robinson Projection)

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Type_of_Source_Media: digital file

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: wrldprov_rob

Source_Contribution: Boundaries, names and codes of geologic provinces

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: wrld_rob, world wide polygon coverage of geologic provinces is projected to Lambert projection, cleaned and built with fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters.
Process_Date: 19991201

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Polygon coverage is clipped to current extent, fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters.
Process_Date: 19981201

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Line topology is added to polygon coverage, lines of province boundaries extending beyond mapped geology are split and attributed for purposes of cartographic display. The coverage is cleaned and built with a fuzzy tolerance of 500 meters.
Process_Date: 19990201

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Coverage is edited with the coverage of generalized geologic age as a backdrop. Boundaries are adusted to match surface geology, where applicable, with the Arc/Info vertex move and node move commands.
Process_Date: 19990210

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 117

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Lambert_Conformal_Conic:

Standard_Parallel: 40
Standard_Parallel: -10
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: 110
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 30
False_Easting: 0
False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 250 meters
Ordinate_Resolution: 250 meters

Planar_Distance_Units: METERS

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: prv_3fe.pat
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 766873483.21156
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1315195013817.69950

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Perimeter

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 177007.39395
Range_Domain_Maximum: 16271425.07885

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Prv_3fe#

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 118

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Prv_3fe-id

Attribute_Definition: Feature identification number

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 302

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Code

Attribute_Definition: Unique numeric code to identify geologic province

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1158
Range_Domain_Maximum: 8006

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Name
Attribute_Definition: Unique Descriptive/Geographic name of geologic province
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Type

Attribute_Definition:

Code denoting whether province is to be assessed for oil and gas resource potential.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: b
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: boutique province (to be assessed by World Energy Project)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: p
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: priority province (to be assessed by World Energy Project)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: no code
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: not to be assessed

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Reg

Attribute_Definition:

Code denoting World Energy Project assessment region to which province is assigned

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Former Soviet Union

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: North Africa and the Middle East

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Asia Pacific Region

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Europe

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: North America

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: South America

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Subsaharan Africa

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: South Asia

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Earth Science Information Center (ESIC)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:: Building 810
Box 25286
Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0286
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-202-4200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4693

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 97-470F

Distribution_Liability:

No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the correctness of the data, or of the utility of the data in any computer system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name:: ARC/INFO Coverage ARCE (ARC/INFO Export - No compression ascii) ARCG (ARC/INFO Ungenerate) Arcview Shapefile

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: ISO 9660 with Apple HSF extensions
Compatibility_Information:: ISO 9660 format allows the CDROM to be read by most computer operating systems.

Fees: See <http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/prices/index.html>