Impact Structure Locations: Geology of the Conterminous United States, 2005

Author(s)

King, Philip B., Arndt, Raymond E., Schruben, Paul G., Bawiec, Walter J., and Beikman, Helen M.

Description

This point shapefile shows the locations of impact structures in the United States. An impact structure is a crater formed by the impact of a meteoroid, asteroid, or comet with the Earth.This layer is part of the Geologic Map of the United States, originally published at a scale of 1:2,500,000 (King and Beikman, 1974b). It excludes Alaska and Hawaii. These data depict the geology of the bedrock that lies at or near the land surface, but not the distribution of surficial materials such as soils, alluvium, and glacial deposits. This is a revised version of the April 2004 data set. This map complements the Generalized Geologic Map of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands by Reed and Bush. A geographic information system (GIS) allows combining and overlaying of layers for analysis of spatial relations not readily apparent in the standard paper publication. This layer is part of the 1997-2014 edition National Atlas of the United States. Conversion of the geologic map of the U.S. to a digital format was undertaken to facilitate the presentation and analysis of earth-science data. Digital maps can be displayed at any scale or projection, whereas a paper map has a fixed scale and projection. However, these data are not intended to be used at any scale finer than 1:2,500,000. National Atlas of the United States. (2005). Impact Structure Locations: Geology of the Conterminous United States, 2005. National Atlas of the United States. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/dn768qz2883. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Publisher

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Collection

National atlas of the United States of America, 1997-2014

Place(s)

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (State), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Rocky Mountains, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (D.C.), Washington (State), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and United States

Subject(s)

Impact craters and Geoscientific Information

Year

2005

Held by

Stanford

More details at

https://purl.stanford.edu/dn768qz2883

Use and reproduction

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Copyright

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