Delaware geologic map data

A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Delaware, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states.

[Legend for lithology colors]

View:

Show in a web browser window:

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

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

degeol.kml (1.1M bytes)
degeol.kmz (362k bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/de?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&

Download:

Geological attributes:	DEcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	DEgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon

Metadata:

[Outline] - [Questions & Answers] - [Plain text]

lithology_symbology.lyr ArcGIS layer file to symbolize lithology when using WFS

Legend indicating the meaning of colors on the interactive map

Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1325: Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States : Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1325/
Methodology:: Detailed report of data standardization procedures
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1325/documents/CONUSdocumentation.pdf
GIS style files:: Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1314/

Sources:

Spoljaric, Nenad and Jordan, Robert R., 1966, Generalized Geologic Map of Delaware, State of Delaware, Delaware Geological Survey, scale ca. 1:300,000.

Geologic units in Delaware

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