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Digital geologic map database of the Nevada Test Site area, Nevada

December 1, 1997

Forty years of geologic investigations at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) have been digitized. These data include all geologic information that: (1) has been collected, and (2) can be represented on a map within the map borders at the map scale is included in the map digital coverages. The following coverages are included with this dataset:
Coverage Type Description geolpoly Polygon Geologic outcrops geolflts line Fault traces geolatts Point Bedding attitudes, etc. geolcald line Caldera boundaries geollins line Interpreted lineaments geolmeta line Metamorphic gradients

The above coverages are attributed with numeric values and interpreted information. The entity files documented below show the data associated with each coverage.

Publication Year 1997
Title Digital geologic map database of the Nevada Test Site area, Nevada
DOI 10.3133/ofr97140
Authors R. R. Wahl, D. A. Sawyer, S. A. Minor, M. D. Carr, J. C. Cole, W. C. Swadley, R. J. Laczniak, R. G. Warren, K. S. Green, C. M. Engle
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 97-140
Index ID ofr97140
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse