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Principal aquifers of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Dates

Release Date
1998-11-01
Time Period
1998-11-01
Publication Date

Citation

Renkin, R.A., 1998, Principal aquifers of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98YGFVN.

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 is polygon data of shallowest principal aquifers of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, developed as part of the effort to produce a map published at 1:500,000 in Chapter HA 730-N of the "Ground Water Atlas of the United States" series of printed publications. See Other_Citation_Details for publication information. The published map contains base and cultural features not included in this data. The Ground Water Atlas publication also [...]

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USAaquiferMAP11_17.pdf 1.61 MB application/pdf
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Purpose

For publications, at a scale of 1:500,000 or smaller. Because of the small scale, the primary use is for regional and national data display rather than specific local data analysis.
Image of the alluvial valley aquifers, South Coast aquifer and the North Coast Limestone aquifer system of Puerto Rico
Image of the alluvial valley aquifers, South Coast aquifer and the North Coast Limestone aquifer system of Puerto Rico

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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/P98YGFVN

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