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Pelotas Basin, Province 6037, Brazilian Shield, Province 6005, San Luis Basin, Province 6024, Diamantina Province 6018, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Solimoes Basin, Province 6011, Colorado Basin, Province 6057, PA, Pernambuco Basin, Province 6028, Caera Basin, Province 6026, Falcon Basin, Province 6100, Lancones Basin, Province 6082, Madre dos Dios Basin, Province 6043, Malvinas Basin, Province 6063, Argentina, Cauca Basin, Province 6086, Santana Platform, Province 6023, Beni Basin, Province 6044, Neuquen Basin, Province 6055, Parana Basin, Province 6020, Guajira Basin, Province 6095, Upper Magdalena, Province 6089, Foz do Amazonas Basin, Province 6022, Ecuador, Nirihuau Basin, Province 6056, Pisco Basin, Province 6076, East Patagonia Basin, Province 6061, Magallanes Basin, Province 6059, Ucayali Basin, Province 6040, Cariaco Basin, Province 6102, Brazilian Shield, Province 6004, Llanos Basin, Province 6096, Faulkland Islands, GY, Oran-Olmedo Basin, Province 6046, NS, Espirito Santo Basin, Province 6034, Chaco Basin, Province 6047, East Venezuela Basin, Province 6098, Manabi Basin, Province 6084, South America, Sao Francisco Basin, Province 6017, Chile, Netherlands Antilles, Choco Pacific Basin, Province 6087, Tobago Trough, Province 6103, Amazonas Basin, Province 6012, Borbon Basin, Province 6085, Bermejo Basin, Province 6049, Guyana-Suriname Basin, Province 6021, Deseado Province 6009, Talara Basin, Province 6081, Mollendo-Tarapaca Basin, Province 6075, Huallaga Basin, Province 6039, CI, Tacutu Basin, Province 6010, Mercedes Basin, Province 6052, Trujillo Basin, Province 6079, Suriname, BR, Salar de Atacama Basin, Province 6067, Perija-Venezuela-Coastal Ranges, Province 6093, Potigar Basin, Province 6027, NL, Mascasin Basin, Province 6050, Santiago Basin, Province 6038, Reconcavo Basin, Province 6032, Peru, Laboulaye-Macachin Basin, Province 6053, Falklands Plateau, Province 6060, Cesar Basin, Province 6094, Campos Basin, Province 6035, Guyana, Acre Basin, Province 6042, Bolivia, North Patagonia Province 6008, Columbia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Province 6105, Pacific Offshore Basin, Province 6088, TD, Moquegua-Tamaruga Basin, Province 6066, Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin, Province 6045, Sechura Basin, Province 6080, Brazilian Shield, Province 6003, Altiplano Basin, Province 6065, Temuco Basin, Province 6069, Tucano Basin, Province 6031, Jatoba Basin, Province 6030, Central Chile Forearc Basin, Province 6074, Madre de Dios Basin, Province 6072, Sucunduri Province 6013, Malvinas Trough, Province 6064, French Guiana, Malvinas Plateau, Province 6062, Lesser Antilles Deformed Belt, Province 6107, Bonaire Basin, Province 6101, Maracaibo Basin, Province 6099, Salaverry Basin, Province 6078, Parecis Province 6014, Penas Basin, Province 6073, Andean Province 6006, PE, VE, Parnaiba Basin, Province 6016, CO, Progreso Basin, Province 6083, Santos Basin, Province 6036, Xingu Province 6015, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Province 6029, Paraguay, Lower Magdalena, Province 6091, Bahia Sul Basin, Province 6033, South Caribbean Deformed Belt, Province 6104, Uruguay, Guyana Shield, Province 6002, UY, Araripe Province 6019, West-Central Cordillera, Province 6106, Familina Province 6007, Osorno-Llanquihue Basin, Province 6070, Middle Magdalena, Province 6090, EC, Salado Basin, Province 6054, Bolsones Basin, Province 6048, AR, Diego Ramirez Basin, Province 6071, Barreieinas Basin, Province 6025, BL, Cuyo Basin, Province 6051, San Jorge Basin, Province 6058, Eastern Cordillera Basin, Province 6092, Brazil, Curico Basin, Province 6068, Lima Basin, Province 6077, Barinas-Apure Basin, Province 6097, Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon Basin, Province 6041

South America Geologic Map (geo6ag)

South America is part of Region 6 (Central and South America) for the World Energy Assessment. The geologic map of South America was digitized so that we could use the geology as a general guide to draw the boundaries of the geologic provinces of South America.

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Author(s) Christopher J Schenk orcid, Roland Viger orcid, Christopher P Anderson
Publication Date 1999-06-29
Beginning Date of Data 1999-06-29
Ending Date of Data 1999-06-29
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A3OJ9B
Citation Schenk, C.J., Viger, R., and Anderson, C.P., 1999, South America Geologic Map (geo6ag): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A3OJ9B.
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