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GEO<NTS#>
A table below summarizes what information is included in this file:
Surficial geologic units - GEO<NTS#>
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DESCRIPTION: |
Classification of surficial geologic units, including lithology
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COVERAGE: |
GEO<NTS#> |
FEATURE CLASS: |
POLYGON |
ATTRIBUTES: |
(Name: Description; Format--width, output, type, decimals)
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AREA |
square meter calculated from UTM coordinate system; 4,12,F,3
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PERIMETER |
meters; 4,12,F,3
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GEO<NTS#> |
polygon sequence number; 4,5,B
(system defined - do not change!) |
GEO<NTS#>-ID |
user defined polygon identifier; 4,5,B
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GEO-CODE |
contains geologic unit labels defining type of geology; 4,4,C
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GEO-SYM |
contains code numbers for symbolizing geologic unit polygons using gsc.shd* shadeset for Arc/Info users only; 4,4,I
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GEO-PAT |
contains code number for symbolizing geologic veneer polygons using gsc_ptrn.shd* shadeset for Arc/Info users only; 4,4,I
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NAME |
unit name; 62,62,C
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GENETIC |
genesis of material; 20,20,C
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TEXTURE |
textures; 115,115,C
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STRAT |
stratifigraphic information; 93,93,C
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MORPHOLOGY |
morphological information; 110,110,C
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THICKNESS |
thickness in metres; 85,85,C
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AGE |
geological age; 35,35,C
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DESCRIPTN |
description; 157,157,C
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PRJ_NAME |
project name; 30,30,C
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MAPPER |
mapper name; 42,42,C |
FIELD_YEAR |
year of mapping;10,10,C (e.g. 1993-1995) |
NTS# |
NTS map sheet number; 7,7,C
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NTS_NAME |
name of NTS map sheet; 15,15,C
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PRECISION: |
Single |
DATA SOURCE: |
Digitized from NTS map sheet containing data from field observation and air photo interpretation
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INPUT SCALE: |
1:50 000
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RESPONSIBILITY |
Terrain Sciences Division, Geological Survey of Canada
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* The symbolset GSC.SHD and GSC_PTRN.SHD are located at \DATA\ARC\SYMBOLS.
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