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Washington geologic map data

View:

Show in a web browser window:

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

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• wageol.kml (9.2M bytes)
• wageol.kmz (2.8M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/state/wa?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&

Download:

Geological attributes:	WAcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	WAgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	WAfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs

Metadata:

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Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1305

Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States - western states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1305/

Methodology:

Detailed report of data standardization procedures

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1305/documents/CONUS_Wdocumentation.pdf

GIS style files:

Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1314/

Sources:

Johnson, Bruce R. and Leveritch, Beth, 1998, 1:100,000 Scale State Boundaries of the Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey, unpublished.

Huntting, M. T., Bennett, W. A. G., Livingston, V. E. Jr., Moen, W. S., 1961, Geologic Map of Washington: Washington Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:500,000.

Geologic units in Washington