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- description: This digital geologic map of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and vicinity, as well as its accompanying digital geophysical
maps, are compiled at 1:100,000 scale. The map compilation presents new polygon (geologic map unit contacts), line (fault,
fold axis, metamorphic isograd, dike, and caldera wall) and point (structural attitude) vector data for the NTS and vicinity,
Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California. The map area covers two 30 x 60-minute quadrangles-the
Pahute Mesa quadrangle to the north and the Beatty quadrangle to the south-plus a strip of 7.5-minute quadrangles on the east
side-72 quadrangles in all. In addition to the NTS, the map area includes the rest of the southwest Nevada volcanic field,
part of the Walker Lane, most of the Amargosa Desert, part of the Funeral and Grapevine Mountains, some of Death Valley, and
the northern Spring Mountains. This geologic map improves on previous geologic mapping of the same area (Wahl and others,
1997) by providing new and updated Quaternary and bedrock geology, new geophysical interpretations of faults beneath the basins,
and improved GIS coverages. Concurrent publications to this one include a new isostatic gravity map (Ponce and others, 1999)
and a new aeromagnetic map (Ponce, 1999).; abstract: This digital geologic map of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and vicinity,
as well as its accompanying digital geophysical maps, are compiled at 1:100,000 scale. The map compilation presents new polygon
(geologic map unit contacts), line (fault, fold axis, metamorphic isograd, dike, and caldera wall) and point (structural attitude)
vector data for the NTS and vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California. The map area
covers two 30 x 60-minute quadrangles-the Pahute Mesa quadrangle to the north and the Beatty quadrangle to the south-plus
a strip of 7.5-minute quadrangles on the east side-72 quadrangles in all. In addition to the NTS, the map area includes the
rest of the southwest Nevada volcanic field, part of the Walker Lane, most of the Amargosa Desert, part of the Funeral and
Grapevine Mountains, some of Death Valley, and the northern Spring Mountains. This geologic map improves on previous geologic
mapping of the same area (Wahl and others, 1997) by providing new and updated Quaternary and bedrock geology, new geophysical
interpretations of faults beneath the basins, and improved GIS coverages. Concurrent publications to this one include a new
isostatic gravity map (Ponce and others, 1999) and a new aeromagnetic map (Ponce, 1999).
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- Title Digital Geologic Map of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California.
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2018-05-21T09:08:15.985189
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2018-08-06T22:28:59Z
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