Basement domains

Basement domains of the conterminous US and Alaska: Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

Basement domains
legend for basement domains of the conterminous US and Alaska
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