Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Mifflin, M.D., and Wheat, M.M. Publication_Date: 1996 Title: pluvial Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: DDS Issue_Identification: 41 Publication_Information: Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Title: Raines, G.L., Sawatzky, D.L., and Connors, K.A., 1996, Great Basin geoscience data base: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-41 Description: Abstract: Map of the Late Quaternary pluvial lakes. Purpose: The coverage was used by the Reno Field Office for Great Basin Mineral Assessment/NAMRAP. Supplemental_Information: ARC/INFO polygon feature types; Single Precision. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1996 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.722682 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.125698 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.516475 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.448767 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: pluvial lakes Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Great Basin Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Temporal_Keyword: Quaternary Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: For use at 1:1,000,000 scale. Source projection: Lambert (NV) and USGS International Map of World sheets. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Gary L. Raines Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: USGS C\O Mackay School of Mines MS-176 University of Nevada, Reno City: Reno State_or_Province: Nevada Postal_Code: 89557 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-5596 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-784-5079 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: graines@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 8-1700 PT Browse_Graphic: Data_Set_Credit: Revised by Gary Raines, Scott Long and Kathy Connors Security_Information: Security_Classification_System: None Security_Classification: Unclassified Security_Handling_Description: None Native_Data_Set_Environment: ARC/INFO 6 on Sun Unix System Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology present. Completeness_Report: Great Basin Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: RMS error from registration was generally less than 150m. Note that there are nonsystematic differences on the order of 4000 m, possibly related to which lake level is used, between extent of lakes on two maps. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Mifflin, M.D., and Wheat, M.M. Publication_Date: 1979 Title: Pluvial lakes and estimated pluvial climates of Nevada Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: Bulletin Issue_Identification: 94 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reno, NV Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Title: Raines, G.L., Sawatzky, D.L., and Connors, K.A., 1996, Great Basin geoscience data base: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-41 Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000 Type_of_Source_Media: mylar Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1979 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mifflin and Wheat Source_Contribution: pluvial lakes of Nevada Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: King, G. Q. Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: Late Pleistocene lakes and glaciers of the Great Basin Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reno, NV Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000 Type_of_Source_Media: map Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1975 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: King, G. Q. Source_Contribution: Pleistocene lakes of the Great Basin Process_Step: Process_Description: Digitized the King map and added this to the Nevada map. Added a few lakes not on NBMG Bulletin 94. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: King, G.Q. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Mifflin and Wheat Process_Date: 1993 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: DDS-41 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Gary Raines Contact_Organization: USGS-RFO Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: USGS C/O Mackay School of Mines MS-176, University of Nevada, Reno City: Reno State_or_Province: Nevada Postal_Code: 89557 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-5596 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-784-5079 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: graines @usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 237 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 206 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 206 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 324 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 0 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic Lambert_Conformal_Conic: Standard_Parallel: 33.000000 Standard_Parallel: 45.000000 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000 False_Easting: 0.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000512 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000512 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_Clarke_1866 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: pluvial.pat Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Feature ID Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential Unique Positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute: Attribute_Label: SHAPE Attribute_Definition: Polygon Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real number Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real number Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute: Attribute_Label: PLUVIAL# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute: Attribute_Label: PLUVIAL-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User-assigned Attribute: Attribute_Label: ISLAND Attribute_Definition: Polygon attribute Attribute_Definition_Source: Mifflin and Wheat; King, G.Q. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Character Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: lake = within a pluvial lake; land = island within the lake Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Mifflin and Wheat; King, G.Q. Attribute: Attribute_Label: LAKE_NAME Attribute_Definition: Polygon attribute Attribute_Definition_Source: Mifflin and Wheat; King, G.Q. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Character Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Name of lake Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Mifflin and Wheat; King, G.Q. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The item LAKE can have two values, lake and land. The value lake means within a pluvial lake, and land means an island within the lake. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS Earth Science Information Center (ESIC) Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: Box25286 Denver Federal Center City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80225 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4200 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov Resource_Description: DDS-41 Distribution_Liability: No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data, software, or related materials. 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Moyer Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: USGS C\O Mackay school of Mines MS-176 University of Nevada City: Reno State_or_Province: Nevada Postal_Code: 89557 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-5552 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-784-5079 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lorre@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None Metadata_Security_Information: Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile