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Alabama geologic map data

[Legend for lithology colors]

View:

Show in a web browser window:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sgmc/al.html

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• algeol.kml (51.0M bytes)
• algeol.kmz (17.2M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/al?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities& [Instructions]

or OGC WFS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/al?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities& [Instructions]

Use lithology_symbology.lyr ArcGIS layer file to symbolize lithology when using WFS

Download:

Geological attributes:	ALcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	ALgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	ALfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs
Colors for lithology:	lith6_2.style	ArcMap Style [Instructions]

Metadata:

[Outline] - [Questions & Answers] - [Plain text]

Legend indicating the meaning of colors on the interactive map

Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1323

Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States : Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1323/

Methodology:

Detailed report of data standardization procedures

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1323/documents/CONUSdocumentation.pdf

GIS style files:

Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1314/

Sources:

Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.

Geologic units in Alabama