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        <pubdate>2004</pubdate>
        <title>Cretaceous Onlap, Gulf of Mexico Basin [cretonlapg]</title>
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            <origin>Huffman, A.C., Kinney, S.A., Biewick, L.R.H., Mitchell, H.R., Gunther, G.L.</origin>
            <pubdate>2004</pubdate>
            <title>Gulf Coast Geology (GCG) Online - Miocene of Southern Louisiana</title>
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              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team</publish>
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      <abstract>The maximum extent of Cretaceous onlap is generalized from Plate 3, Structure at the base and subcrop below Mesozoic marine section, Gulf of Mexico Basin (compiled by A. Salvador) in Volume J, The Geology of North America (1991).

This dataset contains basic data and interpretations developed and compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey's Framework Studies and Assessment of the Gulf Coast Project.  Other major sources of data include publicly available information from state agencies as well as publications of the U.S. Geological Survey and other scientific organizations.  In cases where company proprietary data were used to produce various derivatives such as contour surfaces, the source is cited but the data are not displayed.</abstract>
      <purpose>The dataset was developed primarily to facilitate the synthesis and analysis of various data types required in the assessment of energy resources and to aid in the study and visualization of framework elements and processes.  In addition the dataset provides access to the information in an easily usable format for those outside of the USGS.</purpose>
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        <placekey>TX</placekey>
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        <placekey>50 = Florida Peninsula</placekey>
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        <placekey>47 = Western Gulf</placekey>
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    <logic>The accuracy of the Cretaceous onlap depends upon the accuracy of the map that it was digitized from (GSA, GNA, v. J, pl. 3).  GSA, GNA, v. J, pl. 3, represents the structure at the base and subcrop below the Mesozoic marine section, Gulf of Mexico Basin.</logic>
    <complete>It is assumed that the map that represents the structure at the base and subcrop below the Mesozoic marine section, Gulf of Mexico Basin is complete, and therefore, the Cretaceous onlap is complete.</complete>
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            <origin>Salvador, Amos</origin>
            <pubdate>1991</pubdate>
            <title>Structure at the base and subcrop below Mesozoic marine section, Gulf of Mexico Basin</title>
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              <pubplace>Boulder, Colorado</pubplace>
              <publish>Geological Society of America</publish>
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                <origin>Salvador, Amos, ed.,</origin>
                <pubdate>1991</pubdate>
                <title>The Gulf of Mexico Basin</title>
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                  <sername>The Geology of North America</sername>
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                  <pubplace>Boulder, Colorado</pubplace>
                  <publish>Geological Society of America</publish>
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                <othercit>v. J, plate 3</othercit>
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        <procdesc>The limit of Cretaceous onlap was digitized in ArcGIS from GSA, GNA, v. J, pl. 3.  The shapefile was projected to geographic, decimal degrees, NAD 83.</procdesc>
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