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Title:

Geology of the Conterminous United States at 1:2,500,000 Scale - A Digital Representation of the 1974 P.B. King and H.M. Beikman Map

Source:

U.S. Geological Survey ESIC-Open File and Report Section
Box 25285
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
303-263-7476

Description:

This CD-ROM contains a digital version of the Geologic Map of the Conterminous United States compiled by P.B. King and H.M. Beikman of the U.S. Geological Survey. It excludes Alaska and Hawaii. The map was originally published in 1974 at a scale of 1:2,500,000.

This geologic map is available in several different formats. The vector (line) version (in decimal degrees) is available in the following formats: Arc/Info export, Digital Line Graph (DLG), Drawing Exchange File (DXF), Map Overlay Statistical System (MOSS). A raster version is also available at 1km resolution in a Albers Equal Area projection.

There is PC-DOS software on the CD-ROM to display the data.