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

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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