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South Carolina geologic map data

[Legend for lithology colors]

View:

Show in a web browser window:

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

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• scgeol.kml (7.8M bytes)
• scgeol.kmz (2.8M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

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

or OGC WFS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/sc?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:	SCcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	SCgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	SCfaults_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:

Horton, J.Wright, and Dicken, Connie L., 2001, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Appalachian Piedmont and Blue Ridge, South Carolina Segment: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 01-298, CD

Newell, Wayne L., Prowell, David (retired), Krantz, David, Powars, David, Mixon, Robert (retired), Stone, Byron, and Willard, Debra, in review, Surficial Geology and Geomorphology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S.G.S. Open File Report,

Geologic units in South Carolina