Objectives:
The
National Park Service is in the midst of a system-wide major
inventorying and monitoring project to catalog baseline natural
resource data. Among the "themes" are geology, soils, vegetation,
and hydrography.
The main goals of
the GRI are the following, for each natural resource NPS unit:
1) conduct an on-site scoping session to identify major geologic
resource issues;
2) develop a park specific geologic bibliography;
3) compile a digital geologic map for use in a Geographic Information
System (GIS); and
4) produce an encompassing report on each park's geology including
the following components:
HISTORY OF GEOLOGIC
EXPLORATION
GEOLOGIC SETTING
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
UNIQUE GEOLOGIC FEATURES (caves, dunes, glaciers, etc.) PALEONTOLOGY
DISTURBED LANDS
GEOLOGIC HAZARDS AND ISSUES
GEOLOGIC DATA
REFERENCES
OTHER SECTIONS AS NEEDED (minerals, oil and gas issues, etc.)
This task is presently in the planning stage, with work to commence
in the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores in late
2001.