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Valley and Ridge aquifers

Dates

Release Date
2000-01-01
Time Period
1998
Publication Date

Citation

Pennsylvania Water Science Center, 2000, Valley and Ridge aquifers: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WQCGND.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set represents the extent of the Valley and Ridge aquifers in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennesse, Georgia, and Alabama.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Originator :
U.S. Geological Survey
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Pennsylvania Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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valley_and_ridge_aquifers.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		19.73 KB application/fgdc+xml
USAaquiferMAP11_17.pdf 1.61 MB application/pdf
valley_and_ridge_shp.zip 880.25 KB application/zip
valley_and_ridge_gdb.zip 373.54 KB application/zip
valley_and_ridge_cov.zip 567.36 KB application/zip
G094.jpg thumbnail 254.77 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

These data delineate the areal extent of the Valley and Ridge Carbonate-rock aquifers as defined in the 'Ground Water Atlas of the United States' (U.S. Geological Survey HA 730). The scale of source material is 1:2,500,000 and these data are not intended for use at a larger scale.
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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9WQCGND

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