Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data: lithostratigraphy

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Lithostratigraphy

Branch of stratigraphy dealing with the study of units of rock. Each unit is composed of a body of rock which is dominated by a certain lithology or similar color, mineralogic composition, and grain size.

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Geologic and geophysical framework of the Santa Rosa 7.5' quadrangle, Sonoma county, California [New Window]: Geologic units, structural features, magnetic and gravity anomaly contours and radiometric ages of this area
Geology and resource assessment of the Venezuelan Guayana Shield at 1:500,000 scale [New Window]: Mineral resource assessment of the Venezuelan Guayana Shield, including geologic unit map
Geology of the conterminous United States [New Window]: A digital version of the Geologic Map of the United States, originally published at a scale of 1:2,500,000 (King and Beikman, 1974b). It excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Methods to create ArcMap [New Window]: Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time, including style files for Lithclass lithologic categories, and ISC and DNAG timescales.

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