Karst Map of Puerto Rico

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Identification_Information
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: Wilma B. Alemán González
Publication_Date: 2010
Title: Karst Map of Puerto Rico
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1104

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1104/

Description:

Abstract:

This map is a digital update of The karst landforms of Puerto Rico (Monroe, 1976). In this new version the karst areas on the islands of Mona and Monito have been added from Briggs and Seiders (1972). This map will serve as the basis for the Puerto Rico portion of a new national karst map currently being compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition, this product serves as a standalone, citable source of digital karst data for Puerto Rico. Nearly 25 percent of the United States is underlain by karst terrain, and a large part of this area is undergoing urban and industrial development. Accurate delineations of karstic rocks are needed at the national, state, and local scales. These data will lead to a better understanding of subsidence hazards, groundwater contamination potential, and cave resources, and will serve as a guide to topical research about these rocks.

Purpose:

This map will serve as the basis for the Puerto Rico portion of a new national karst map currently being compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition, this product serves as a standalone, citable source of digital karst data for Puerto Rico.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2010

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.956421
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.873178
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.518647
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.873583

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: karst
Theme_Keyword: erosion
Theme_Keyword: sinkhole formation
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: Mona
Place_Keyword: Monito

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Wilma B. Alemán González
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Physical Science Technician
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., MS 926 A
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6932
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6953
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: waleman@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Monroe, W.H.
Publication_Date: 1976
Title: The karst landforms of Puerto Rico
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Issue_Identification: 899

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: United States Government Printing Office

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Briggs, R.P, and Seiders, V.M.
Publication_Date: 1972
Title: Geologic Map of the Isla de Mona quadrangle, Puerto Rico
Series_Information:

Series_Name:

U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map

Issue_Identification: I-718

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All polygon atrtributes were checked for correct values against original map data by the technical reviewers.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Polygon coverages were queried to screen for empty or inconsistent values. Line geometry is topologically clean.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

These data were created by delineating the boundaries from scanned paper maps at scales of 1:20,000 and 1:140,000 and then plotted over a base topographic map at a scale of 1:120,000. All 3 maps were of different map projections and some spatial distortions have occurred in the reprojection and registration of the data. Offsets of as much as 100 meters between the karst data and base map topographic features may occur. For optimal presentation, this open-file map is shown at a scale of 1:140,000.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Monroe, W.H.
Publication_Date: 1976
Title: The karst landforms of Puerto Rico
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Issue_Identification: 899

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office

Source_Scale_Denominator: 140000
Type_of_Source_Media: Paper map
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Monroe, 1976
Source_Contribution: Delination of karst areas of Puerto Rico.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Brigss, R.P., and Seiders, V.M.
Publication_Date: 1972
Title: Geologic map of the Isla de Mona quadrangle, Puerto Rico
Series_Information:

Series_Name:

U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map

Issue_Identification: I-718

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 20000
Type_of_Source_Media: Paper map
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Briggs and Seiders, 1972
Source_Contribution: Bedrock geology of the Islands of Mona and Monito.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1951
Title: Puerto Rico
Other_Citation_Details: Contour interval 50 meters.

Source_Scale_Denominator: 120000
Type_of_Source_Media: Paper Map
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: U.S. Geological Survey topographic map

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Paper source maps were scanned and the georegistered images used as guides to digitize the outlines of karst area polygons in ArcGIS. The karst polygons were then attributed with map unit and bedrock lithology.

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Wilma B. Alemán González
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Physical Science Technician
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., MS 926 A
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6932
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6953
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: waleman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Creation of original metadata record
Process_Date: 20100708
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Wilma B. Alemán González

Contact_Position: Physical Science Technician
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., MS 926 A
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6932
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: waleman@usgs.gov
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6953

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 805

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 804

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 804

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001232
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001232

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Polyconic
Polyconic:

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -66.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 18.000000
False_Easting: 0.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 50
Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Puerto_Rico_karst
Entity_Type_Definition:

Polygons showing extent of potentially karstic areas of Puerto Rico

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID_1
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAP_UNIT
Attribute_Definition:

Abbreviation of lithology or formation name as defined on the geologic source map.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Monroe, 1976; Briggs and Seiders, 1972
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Q
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Crossbedded Calcarenite (eolianite) (Holocene),: Karstification has occurred at many places in the calcarite formed by induration of sand dunes that accumulated during Quaternary time near the Atlantic coast of Puerto Rico. Kaye (1959a) described ridges of indurated sand dunes at various altitudes above and below sea level, and also described the solution pans and small karren spikes that have formed on the crests and sides of these features by solution

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Limestone (Pliocene to Oligocene)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tcm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Chalk and Marl (Miocene and Oligocene)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tls
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Limestone (Lower Tertiary)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: K
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Limestone (Cretaceous)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Beach Deposits (Holocene): Grayish-pink, fine - to medium-grained calcite and aragonite sand; contains no quartz or heavy-mineral grains; locally includes rubble from raised reef deposits and beachrock

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qbo
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Boulder Deposits (Holocene): Deposits of boulders of Isla de Mona Dolomite and Lirio Limestone. Includes boulders as large as 50 m in length

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Raised reef platform (Holocene): Fragmental grayish-orange-pink limestone composed chiefly of fossils and fossil fragments; commonly case hardened, locally somewhat chalky. Thickness ranges from 0 to at least 3 m; locally may be as thick as 10 m

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tli
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Lirio Limestone (Miocene): Very pale orange to grayish-orange-pink fine-grained limestone, thick-bedded and very thick bedded, locally crossbedded; commonly very well indurated, perhaps as a result of surficial solution and reprecipitation; locally chalky; cavernous, most notably in lower 10 m at the periphery of Isla de Mona. Maximum exposed thickness is about 40 m

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Isla de Mona Dolomite (Miocene): Very pale to moderate-orange-pink finely crystalline calcitic dolomite, very thick bedded, locally crossbedded; well indurated. Zones of limestone about 5 m thick occur locally at the top and about 15 m and 50 m stratigraphically below the upper contact. Base concealed by the sea. Maximum exposed thickness is about 80 m

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Length
Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lithology
Attribute_Definition:

Lithology or Formation name as defined by the geologic source map

Attribute_Definition_Source: Monroe, 1976

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sinkholes_30m.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition:

Polygons showing locations of sinkholes deeper than 30 meters in Puerto Rico

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature id, maintained by the GIS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1173
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEPRESSION
Attribute_Definition: Description of the sinkhole
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: >30m
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depth greater than 30 meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng
Attribute_Definition: Information maintained by the GIS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.89969946048
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5920.86052273000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
Attribute_Definition: Information maintained by the GIS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.01369162283
Range_Domain_Maximum: 434681.03283200000

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sinkholes_5_30m.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Sinkholes between 5 and 30 meters depth

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for the feature, maintained by the GIS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEPRESSION
Attribute_Definition: Description of the feature
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: >5m
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sinkhole deeper than 5 meters, less than 30 meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng
Attribute_Definition: Information maintained by the GIS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 5.32976412752
Range_Domain_Maximum: 156047.85095399999

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
Attribute_Definition: Information maintained by the GIS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.72157528423
Range_Domain_Maximum: 362221203.84799998999

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Each polygon is attributed with a map unit abbreviation and a formation name.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1104/pdf/ofr2010-1104-prkarstmap.pdf

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Wilma B. Alemán González
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., MS 926 A
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6932
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: waleman@usgs.gov
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6953

Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 2010-1104
Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 1.0
Format_Information_Content: Geologic units and karst features
File_Decompression_Technique: unzip
Transfer_Size: 1.0

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1104/GIS_data/karstmap.zip

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20150204
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: USGS Midwest Area

Contact_Position:

Collection manager, USGS Geoscience Data Clearinghouse, http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:

Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr

City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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