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Tennessee geologic map data

[Legend for lithology colors]

View:

Show in a web browser window:

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/map.html

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• tngeol.kml (122.9M bytes)
• tngeol.kmz (42.5M bytes)

List geologic units by state or county

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

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

or OGC WFS:

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/tn?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:	TNcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	TNgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	TNfaults_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:

Geology available at Tennesse Spatial Data Server which can be found at http://www.tngis.org/geology.html which links to a USGS Water Resources Division site: http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?geo250k Tennessee Spatial Data Server site notes: Thanks goes to Jim Julian for researching this improved geology layer from the Tennessee Division of Geology. **Note** - The Tennessee Division of Geology does not endorse this coverage, stating this version is still incomplete and not fit for distribution.

Polygon edits made my C.L. Dicken based on paper source (TN002).