United States Geological Survey
2004
Faults in the Gulf Coast [gcfaultsg]
Downloadable GIS Data
Reston,VA
U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
Huffman, A.C., Kinney, S.A., Biewick, L.R.H., Mitchell, H.R., Gunther, G.L.
2004
Gulf Coast Geology (GCG) Online - Miocene of Southern Louisiana
Applications
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
DS-90-A, version 1.0
Denver, Colorado
U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2004/90/A/
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9C33AT5
These mapped faults are modified from Plate 2, Principal structural features, Gulf of Mexico Basin (compiled by T.E. Ewing and R.F. Lopez) in Volume J, The Geology of North America (1991); Plate 2, Geologic map of the U.S. Appalachians showing the Laurentian margin and the Taconic orogen (compiled by D.R. Rankin, A.A. Drake, and N.M. Ratcliffe) in Volume F-2, The Geology of North America (1989); and Plate 9, Tectonic map of the Ouachita orogen (compiled by W.A. Thomas) in Volume F-2, The Geology of North America (1989).
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.
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.
2004
publication date
As needed
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-85.347863
37.136405
15.885321
None
Miocene
Gulf Coast Framework Studies
Geology
Anticlines
Gateway to the Earth draft 9 28-Jun-2002
Oil sand resources
Coalbed methane resources
Natural gas resources
Economic geology
ArcIMS Metadata Server Theme Codes
geoscientificInformation
economy
Central Energy Resources Team
Energy Resources
Earth Science
Natural Resources
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Geology
Oil
Natural Gas
Petroleum
Coalbed Methane
Coal
Resource Assessment
Tertiary Systems
EnergyResourceActivities
oilgas
gulfroom
gulfcoastframework
None
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
AL
TX
MS
LA
FL
AR
United States
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:60abc3f9d34ea221ce51e45f
none
none
U.S. Geological Survey - CERSC Data Management Services Project
mailing and physical
Denver Federal Center, Building 25, Mail Stop 939
Denver
CO
80225
USA
1-888-275-8747
datamgt@usgs.gov
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/60abc3f9d34ea221ce51e45f?f=__disk__d8%2Fc9%2F53%2Fd8c95319b0ce70bc7c811f3af049a1d95ce3870d
JPEG
The accuracy of the faults, as generated using ArcGIS depends upon the accuracy of the paper maps provided by the Geological Society of America. The assumption was made that the paper maps are of sufficient accuracy for the Gulf Coast Project.
It is assumed that the paper maps from the Geological Society of America are complete and therefore the line work created from the paper maps is complete.
Ewing, T.E
Lopez, R.F
1991
Principal structural features, Gulf of Mexico Basin
map
Boulder, Colorado
Geological Society of America
Salvador, Amos, ed.
1991
The Gulf of Mexico Basin
map
The Geology of North America
Boulder, Colorado
Geological Society of America
v. J, plate 2
paper
1991
publication date
GSA
Salt Diapirs
Rankin, D.W.
Drake, A.A., Jr
Ratcliffe, N.M.
1989
Geologic map of the U.S. Appalachians showing the Laurentian margin and the Taconic orogen
Boulder, Colorado
Geological Society of America
Hatcher, R. D.. Jr.
Thomas, W. A.
Viele, G. W., eds.
The Appalachian-Ouachita orogen in the United States
The Geology of North America
Boulder, Colorado
Geological Society of America
v. F-2, plate 2
paper
GSA
Faults
Thomas, W.A., comp.
1989
Tectonic map of the Ouachita orogen
Boulder, Colorado
Geological Society of America
Hatcher, R. D.. Jr.
Thomas, W. A.
Viele, G. W., eds.
The Appalachian-Ouachita orogen in the United States
The Geology of North America
Boulder, Colorado
Geological Society of America
v. F-2, plate 2
paper
GSA
Faults
The paper maps were scanned and made into tiff images. The tiff images were imported into ArcGIS and registered to a counties shapefile. The line work on the images for the faults was digitized and saved as a shapefile.
2002
Scott A. Kinney
U.S. Geological Survey
Contractor
303.236.5894
303.236.0459
skinney@usgs.gov
Vector
String
0.000001
0.000001
Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1983
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137.000000
298.257222
gcfaultsg.dbf
Shapefile Attribute Table
Unknown
NEWFIELD1
Type of structural feature
GSA
FAULT_ZONE
Fault zone name
GSA
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
mailing and physical
Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
Denver
CO
80225
USA
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sciencebase@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Shapefile
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9C33AT5
20210524
20040907
U.S. Geological Survey - CERSC Data Management Services Project
mailing and physical
Denver Federal Center, Building 25, Mail Stop 939
Denver
CO
80225
USA
1-888-275-8747
datamgt@usgs.gov
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998