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File Naming Scheme

1. GEO<NTS#>

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GEO<NTS#>

A table below summarizes what information is included in this file:

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

* The symbolset GSC.SHD and GSC_PTRN.SHD are located at \DATA\ARC\SYMBOLS.

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