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

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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