Geologic history

Record (and inferred reconstruction) of the origin and development of the earth since its formation.
This category is also used for chronostratigraphy and geohistory.

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Quaternary Geologic Map of the Chicago 4° x 6° Quadrangle, United States

The Quaternary Geologic Map of the Chicago 4° x 6° Quadrangle was mapped as part of the Quaternary Geologic Atlas of the United States. The atlas was begun as an effort to depict the areal distribution of surficial geologic deposits and other materials

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Quaternary Geologic Map of the Lake Erie 4° x 6° Quadrangle, United States and Canada

The Quaternary Geologic Map of the Lake Erie 4° x 6° Quadrangle was mapped as part of the Quaternary Geologic Atlas of the United States. The atlas was begun as an effort to depict the areal distribution of surficial geologic deposits and other material

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Quaternary Geologic Map of the Lake Superior 4° x 6° Quadrangle, United States and Canada

The Quaternary Geologic Map of the Lake Superior 4° x 6° Quadrangle was mapped as part of the Quaternary Geologic Atlas of the United States. The atlas was begun as an effort to depict the areal distribution of surficial geologic deposits and other mate

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Quaternary geologic map of the Winnipeg 4° × 6° quadrangle, United States and Canada

The Quaternary Geologic Map of the Winnipeg 4° × 6° Degree Quadrangle, United States and Canada, is a component of the U.S. Geological Survey Quaternary Geologic Atlas of the United States map series (Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-1420), an eff

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Geologic Map of the Central Marysvale Volcanic Field, Southwestern Utah

The geologic map of the central Marysvale volcanic field, southwestern Utah, shows the geology at 1:100,000 scale of the heart of one of the largest Cenozoic volcanic fields in the Western United States. The map shows the area of 38 degrees 15' to 38 deg

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Geologic map and map database of the Palo Alto 30' X 60' quadrangle, California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (pamf.p

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Geologic map of the Cape Mendocino, Eureka, Garberville, and southwestern part of the Hayfork 30 X 60 Quadrangles and Adjacent Offshore Area, Northern California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (ceghmf

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Geologic map of the Cape Mendocino, Eureka, Garberville, and southwestern part of the Hayfork 30 X 60 Quadrangles and Adjacent Offshore Area, Northern California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (ceghmf

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Digital geologic map and map database of parts of Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Sonoma Counties, California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (mageo.t

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Geologic map and map database of the Oakland metropolitan area, Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties, California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (oakmf.

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Geologic map and map database of the Spreckels 7.5-minute quadrangle, Monterey County, California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (skmf.tx

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Geologic map of the Silver Lake quadrangle, Cowlitz County, Washington

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits of the Silver lake 7.5 minute quadrangle. The database delineates ma

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Geologic maps and structure sections of the southwestern Santa Clara Valley and southern Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (scvmf.

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Geologic maps and structure sections of the southwestern Santa Clara Valley and southern Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (scvmf.

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Geologic map of the Vail East quadrangle, Eagle County, Colorado

New 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping along the Interstate-70 urban corridor in western Colorado, in support of the State/ USGS Cooperative Geologic Mapping Project, is contributing to a more complete understanding of the stratigraphy, structure, tectonic e

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Surficial Geologic map of the Greater Omaha Area, Nebraska and Iowa

Geologic mapping, in support of the USGS Omaha-Kansas City Geologic Mapping Project, shows the spatial distribution of artificial-fill, alluvial, eolian, and glacial deposits and bedrock in and near Omaha, Nebraska. Artificial fill deposits are mapped chi

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Geologic map of the Deer Island quadrangle, Columbia County, Oregon and Cowlitz County, Washington

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits of the Deer Island 7.5-minute quadrangle. The database delineates ma

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Geologic map of the Deer Island quadrangle, Columbia County, Oregon and Cowlitz County, Washington

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits of the Deer Island 7.5-minute quadrangle. The database delineates ma

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Geologic map of the Battle Ground 7.5-minute quadrangle, Clarke County, Washington

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits of the Battle Ground 7.5 minute quadrangle. The database delineates m

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Geologic map and map database of northeastern San Francisco Bay region, California; Most of Solano County and parts of Napa, Marin, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, and Sonoma Counties

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (nesfmf

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Geologic map and map database of northeastern San Francisco Bay region, California; Most of Solano County and parts of Napa, Marin, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, and Sonoma Counties

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (nesfmf

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Geologic map and database of the Salem East and Turner 7.5 minute quandrangles, Marion County, Oregon: A digital database

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits of the Salem East and Turner 7.5 minute quadrangles. A previously pu

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Geologic map and database of the Roseburg 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, Douglas and Coos Counties, Oregon

This digital map database, largely compiled from new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits of the Roseburg 30 x 60 minute quadrangle along the southeastern margin of the Oregon Coast Range and its te

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Reconnaissance Geologic Map of the Dixonville 7.5' Quadrangle, Oregon

This digital map database, compiled from new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits of the Dixonville 7.5 minute quadrangle along the southeastern margin of the Oregon Coast Range and its tectonic bou

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Geologic map and digital database of the San Rafael Mtn. 7.5- minute Quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California

This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying text file (srm_ex

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Geologic map and digital database of the Redlands 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California

The Redlands 7.5' quadrangle is located in the southeastern margin of the San Bernardino Basin, an extensional region situated in a right-step-over zone within the San Andreas Fault system. The quadrangle is traversed by several important fault zones, in

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Preliminary quaternary geologic maps of Santa Clara Valley, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Mateo counties, California: A digital database

This digital map database, which is compiled from previously unpublished and open-filed U.S. Geol. Survey reports (Wesling and Helley, 1989), represents the general distribution and identity of Quaternary deposits in eight 7.5 minute quadrangles in the

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Digital geologic map of the Springdale 7.5' quadrangle, Nevada

Mapped surficial units of the Springdale Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

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Surficial deposits and materials in the eastern and central United States (east of 102 degrees west longitude)

The surficial geologic map of the Eastern and Central United States depicts the areal distribution of surficial geologic deposits and other materials that accumulated or formed during the past 2+ million years, the period that includes all activities of t

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Map of glacial limits and possible refugia in the southern Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, during the late Wisconsin glaciation

During the late Wisconsin glaciation (circa 26,000-13,000 carbon-14 yr BP) the Cordilleran glacier complex formed vast ice fields and large glaciers along the crest of the Coast Mountains. As these glaciers flowed west to the Pacific Ocean, they were joi

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Maps Showing Inundation Depths, Ice-Rafted Erratics, and Sedimentary Facies of Late Pleistocene Missoula Flood in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

This digital dataset, compiled from previously published and unpublished data sources, contains a personal geodatabase and raster data of features related to the repeated inundation of the Willamette Valley and Portland basin by Missoula Flood waters in L

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Sediment Magnetic and Geochemical Data from Quaternary Lacustrine Sediment in Two Cores from Tule Lake, Siskiyou County, California

Sediment magnetic and geochemical results have been obtained from the top 60 meters of lacustrine sediments recovered in two cores from Tule Lake in northern California. The sediment magnetic and geochemical data, presented here in tabular form, compleme

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Sediment Magnetic and Paleomagnetic Data from Buck Lake, Oregon

Sediment magnetic, paleomagnetic and geochemical results have been obtained from lacustrine sediments recovered in a 30-meter core taken by rotary drilling methods at Grass Lake, Siskiyou County, California. The data have been analyzed and interpreted in

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San Francisco Bay region landslide folio part C - Summary distribution of slides and earth flows in the San Francisco Bay region, California

The distribution of landslides evident in the landscape -- most of which are slumps, translational slides, and earth flows -- is of interest both for evaluation of hazard and risk and for use in further study of landslides. Future movement of such landsli

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San Francisco Bay region landslide folio part D - Index to detailed maps of landslides in the San Francisco Bay region, California

A table keyed to 171 topographic quadrangles on a new 1:275,000-scale shaded-relief map speeds access to information on landslide locations in the ten-county San Francisco Bay region. Detailed maps showing individual landslides in nearly any area of inter

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San Francisco Bay Region landslide folio part E - Map of debris-flow source areas in the San Francisco Bay region, California

This map identifies the principal areas in the San Francisco Bay region that are likely to produce debris flows, which are also called "mudslides." Debris flows that occur in the bay region are fast-moving downslope flows of mud that may include rocks,

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San Francisco Bay Region Landslide Folio Part E - Map of debris-flow source areas in the San Francisco Bay region, California

These maps show, for emergency service managers in the San Francisco Bay region, the threshold rainfall that may be capable of triggering a level of debris-flow activity likely to threaten public safety. The maps are products of a continuing series of

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Quaternary geology of Alameda County, and parts of Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, California: A digital database

Alameda County is located at the northern end of the Diablo Range of Central California. It is bounded on the north by the south flank of Mount Diablo, one of the highest peaks in the Bay Area, reaching an elevation of 1173 meters (3,849 ft). San Fran

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Quaternary geology of Contra Costa County, and surrounding parts of Alameda, Marin, Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Counties, California: A digital database

Contra Costa County is located at the northern end of the Diablo Range of Central California. It is bounded on the north by Carquinez Strait, through which flows 27 percent of California's surface water runoff. San Francisco Bay forms the western boun

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Digital Compilation of "Preliminary Map of Landslide Deposits in Santa Cruz County, California, By Cooper-Clark and Associates, 1975": A Digital Map Database

A 1:62,500-scale black-and-white map identifying some 2,000 landslides of various types in Santa Cruz County, California, has been converted to a digital-map database that can be acquired from the U.S. Geological Survey over the Internet or on magnetic ta

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