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West Virginia geologic map data

[Legend for lithology colors]

View:

Show in a web browser window:

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

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• wvgeol.kml (35.8M bytes)
• wvgeol.kmz (12.3M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

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

or OGC WFS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/wv?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:	WVcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	WVgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	WVfaults_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 2005-1324

Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States : Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1324/

Methodology:

Detailed report of data standardization procedures

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1324/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:

Digital version of 1968 printed map available from http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/data.php with the specific data available from http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=43

Geologic units in West Virginia