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DS926 Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina -- Polygon regions for the 10,000 mg/l total dissolved solids boundary feature

Dates

Release Date
2015-03-04
Start Date
1940-01-01 01:00:00
End Date
2013-01-01 01:00:00
Publication Date

Citation

Dixon, J., 2015, DS926 Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina -- Polygon regions for the 10,000 mg/l total dissolved solids boundary feature: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z3KSAW.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system were developed to define an updated hydrogeologic framework as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Groundwater Resources Program. This feature class contains polygons depicting areas of the Floridan aquifer system that may have greater than 10,000 mg/L of TDS or is fresh throughout its thickness to the base of system.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Joann Dixon
Originator :
U.S. Geological Survey
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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ds926_gdb.zip 68.89 MB application/zip
ds926_shapefiles.zip 80.59 MB application/zip
ds926_ASCII_rasters.zip 20.61 MB application/zip
ds926_fig54.jpg thumbnail 306.29 KB image/jpeg
USAaquiferMAP11_17.pdf 1.61 MB application/pdf

Purpose

The dataset contains structural surfaces depicting the top and base of the aquifer system, its major and minor hydrogeologic units and zones, geophysical marker horizons, and the altitude of the 10,000-milligram-per-liter total dissolved solids boundary that defines the approximate fresh and saline parts of the aquifer system. The thicknesses of selected major and minor units or zones were determined by interpolating points of known thickness or from raster surface subtraction of the structural surfaces. Additional data contained include clipping polygons; regional polygon features that represent geologic or hydrogeologic aspects of the aquifers and the minor units or zones; data points used in the interpolation; and polygon and line features that represent faults, boundaries, and other features in the aquifer system. Shows the estimated regions of the 10,000 mg/l total dissolved solids (TDS) boundary.
10,000 mg/l total dissolved solids boundary
10,000 mg/l total dissolved solids boundary

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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9Z3KSAW

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