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Preliminary geologic map of the Calabasas 7.5' quadrangle, southern California: A digital database

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Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R. F. Yerkes

Originator: R. H. Campbell

Publication_Date: 1996

Title:

Preliminary geologic map of the Calabasas 7.5' quadrangle, southern California: A digital database

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 95-51

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-051/>

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 3100 - Vector
Theme_Keyword: 3110 - ESRI
Theme_Keyword: 3112 - export
Theme_Keyword: 1100 - Geology
Theme_Keyword: 1101 - General

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0
Place_Keyword: 06037 = Los Angeles
Place_Keyword: 06111 = Ventura

Description:

Abstract:: This Open-File report is a digital geologic map database. This digital map database is compiled from previously published sources combined with some new mapping and modifications in nomenclature. The geologic map database delineates map units that are identified by general age and lithology following the stratigraphic nomenclature of the U. S. Geological Survey. For detailed descriptions of the units, their stratigraphic relations and sources of geologic mapping consult Yerkes and Campbell (1993). More specific information about the units may be available in the original sources.
Purpose:: To provide to the public a digital geologic map database of the Calabasas 7.5' quadrangle, southern California.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.75
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.63
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.25
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.13

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Yerkes, Robert F
Contact_Organization: USGS-GEO-WRG-NGM

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:: Mail Stop 975, USGS
345 Middlefield Road
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025
Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-4946

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ryerkes@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

R. H. Campbell, Reston, VA assisted in field interpretations and compilation; P. K. Showalter and C. M. Wentworth supplied critical custom programming; and S. E. Graham updated supporting files for completeness and consistency and prepared this report.

Native_Data_Set_Environment: ARC/INFO version 7.0.3

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This digital map database is compiled from previously published sources combined with some new mapping and modifications in nomenclature. The geologic map database delineates map units that are identified by general age and lithology following the stratigraphic nomenclature of the U. S. Geological Survey. For detailed descriptions of the units, their stratigraphic relations and sources of geologic mapping consult Yerkes and Campbell (1993).

Completeness_Report:

This database is not sufficiently detailed or comprehensive to identify or characterize site- specific hazards represented by faults or landslides shown; the faults shown do not take the place of fault-rupture hazard zones designated by the California State Geologist (see Hart, 1988).

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Yerkes, R.F.

Originator: Campbell, R.H.

Publication_Date: 1993

Title:

Preliminary geologic map of the Calabasas 7.5' quadrangle, southern California

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 93-205

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Yerkes and Campbell (1993)

Source_Contribution:

For detailed descriptions of the units, their stratigraphic relations, sources of geologic mapping, and data on exploratory wells consult Yerkes and Campbell (1993), and Yerkes and Showalter (1990).

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: The geologic map information was digitized from stable originals of the geologic maps at 1:24,000 scale. The author manuscripts (pencil on mylar) were scanned using a monochrome scanner with a resolution of 800 dots per inch. The scanned images were vectorized and transformed from scanner coordinates to projection coordinates with digital tics placed by hand at quadrangle corners. The scanned lines were edited interactively by hand using graphical user interface ALACARTE (Fitzgibbon, 1991, Fitzgibbon and Wentworth, 1991, Wentworth and Fitzgibbon, 1991). Scanning artifacts significant for display at a scale of 1:24,000 were corrected.
The base map layer (cb-topo) was prepared by scanning a scale-stable composite negative image of the Calabasas 7.5 minute topographic map (1967 edition). The negative was scanned using a monochrome scanner with a resolution of 400 dots per inch. The raster scan was converted to a GRID in ARC/INFO. The GRID was then vectorized and reprojected into State Plane Projection using the four corner tics as reference points. The arcs in the base layer have not been attributed.
Process_Date: 1993-1995

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Yerkes, R.F.

Originator: Showalter, P.K.

Publication_Date: 1990

Title:

Exploratory wells drilled in the Los Angeles, California 1:100,000 quadrangle, southern California

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 90-0627

Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1990

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Yerkes and Showalter (1990)

Source_Contribution:

For detailed descriptions of the units, their stratigraphic relations, sources of geologic mapping, and data on exploratory wells consult Yerkes and Campbell (1993), and Yerkes and Showalter (1990).

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: entity point

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: complete chain

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: California state plane coordinate system

State_Plane_Coordinate_System:

SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 3426

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CB-GEOL.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Geologic map units symbols (no full descriptions found)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CB-GEOL.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Linear geologic features
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LTYPE

Attribute_Definition: Line type

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: contact, approx. located
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Contact whose position is not precisely located

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, approx. located
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fault whose position is not precisely known

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, concealed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Concealed fault whose position is inferred

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, inferred
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fault whose position is inferred

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: map boundary, certain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boundary of mapped area

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: thrust fault, approx. located
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Thrust fault whose position is not precisely known

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CB-GEOL.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Geologic map units at specific locations (same attributes as polygon coverage CB-GEOL.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CB-STRC.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition: fold axes
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LTYPE

Attribute_Definition: Line type

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: f.a., anticline, approx. located
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Anticlinal fold axis whose position is not precisely known

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: f.a., anticline, concealed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Anticlinal fold axis whose position is concealed and inferred

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: f.a., syncline, approx. located
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Synclinal fold axis whose position is not precisely known

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: f.a., syncline, concealed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Synclinal fold axis whose position is concealed and inferred

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CB-STRC.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Strike and dip information of bedding
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PTTYPE

Attribute_Definition: Point type

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bedding orientation

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: flat bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bedding whose dip is zero

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ot bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Overturned bedding

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: vert bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bedding whose dip is 90 degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DIP

Attribute_Definition: Dip of bedding

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 90
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STRIKE

Attribute_Definition: Strike of bedding

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 357
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CB-WELLS.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Well localities, supporting data given in Yerkes and Campbell (1993), and Yerkes and Showalter (1990)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: QUADRANGLE

Attribute_Definition: Quadrangle abbreviated name

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CAL
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Calabasa

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAP_NUMBER

Attribute_Definition: point ID used on map

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 432
Range_Domain_Maximum: 493

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TOWNSHIP

Attribute_Definition: Township identification

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Township 1N

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RANGE_WEST

Attribute_Definition: Range west

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 17
Range_Domain_Maximum: 18
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: range number
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SECTION

Attribute_Definition: Section number

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 36
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: section
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OPERATOR
Attribute_Definition: Well operator's name
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME/NUMBER
Attribute_Definition: name/number of well
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ELEV.

Attribute_Definition: Elevation (ft.)

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 750
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1430
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YEAR

Attribute_Definition: year drilled

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1920
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1965
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TD

Attribute_Definition: Total depth (ft.)

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 500
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5936
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BOTTOM
Attribute_Definition: Bottom-hole geology (No definitions found)
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CB-FOSS.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Fossil localities, supporting data given in Yerkes and Campbell (1993)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: QUAD

Attribute_Definition: Quadrangle abbreviated name

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CAL
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Calabasa

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SEC

Attribute_Definition: Section number

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 36

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SOURCE

Attribute_Definition: Source of fossil localities information

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Saul & Alderson, 1981

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Weber, 1984

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Zinsmeister, 1983

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unknown source

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAP_NO
Attribute_Definition: Point ID used on map (No definitions found)
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COLL-NO
Attribute_Definition: Collector's number (No definitions found)
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T

Attribute_Definition: Township

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Township 1N

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Township 2N

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RW

Attribute_Definition: Range west

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 17
Range_Domain_Maximum: 18

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AGE
Attribute_Definition: Age of fossil (symbol) (no definitions of symbols found)
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNIT
Attribute_Definition: Geologic unit symbol (No definitions found)
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0051

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Information Services

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing
Address: Box 25286, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80255-0046
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-303-202-4695

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 95-51

Distribution_Liability:

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U. S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U. S. Government.
This database, identified as "Preliminary Geologic Map of the Calabasas 7.5' Quadrangle, southern California: A Digital Database," has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been reviewed and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. This database is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the U. S. Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its use.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ArcInfo export

Format_Version_Number: 7.x

Format_Information_Content:

ARC/INFO export files	Description of coverage

cb-geol.e00            Depositional contacts, faults, and unit labels
cb-strc.e00            Strike and dip information, fold axes
cb-foss.e00            Fossil localities
cb-topo.e00            Topographic base map taken from a scan  of a composite negative of the Calabasas 7.5 minute quadrangle (contour interval = 25 ft.)
cb-wells.e00           Well Localities

Transfer_Size: 18 megabytes

File_Decompression_Technique: gzip and tar

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-051/calab.tar.gz>

Fees: none

Custom_Order_Process:

A compressed tar file of the geologic map database and related files can be obtained by sending a tape with request and return address to:

Calabasas, CA 7.5' Geologic Database
c/o Database Coordinator
US Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road, M/S 975
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Do not omit any part of this address!
The compressed tar file will be returned on the tape. The acceptable tape types are: 1/4 inch, 150 MB cartridge tape, 2.3 or 5.0 GB, 8 mm Exabyte tape.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20090608

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary: