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

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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