Digital database of the previously published geomorphic-structural map of the Ouachita Mountains

Publication Date

2022-11-21

Time Period

2008

Lutz, B.M., and Hirtz, J.A.M., 2022, Digital database of the previously published geomorphic-structural map of the Ouachita Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PJ5STL.

Type: Related Primary Publication

A seamless, integrated, national-scale, two-dimensional geospatial map or three-dimensional geologic model does not exist for the United States. Therefore, the National Geologic Synthesis (NGS), through the United States GeoFramework Initiative (USGI) of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP), was directed to assemble and develop a unified geologic-framework product through a partnership between federal and state entities. This data, derived from previous reports and relevant publications through the Oklahoma Geological Survey, provide a fundamental starting point toward accomplishing this congressional mandate. The intended use of this dataset include, but are not limited to, research endeavors related to societal needs through land management, resource assessment, hydrological and ecological protection, infrastructure development, and natural resource mitigation; in addition to scientific studies concerning basin analysis, and paleogeographic and paleotectonic models.

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