natural-earth-vector/10m_physical/ne_10m_lakes_pluvial.txt

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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.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARC
File_Decompression_Technique: Compressed E00 format
Transfer_Size: 0.285
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
Access_Instructions:
Fees: Subject to change
Technical_Prerequisites:
Coverage formats: ARC export, Federal Data Exchange format (STDS), and PC visualization (ARCVIEW1).
System Requirements: IBM or compatible personal computer (386 or higher); Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher; 4 megabytes RAM; MS- or PC_Dos version 5.0 or later; VGA color monitor; CD-ROM drive
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20000912
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Lorre A. 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