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Thickness of the combined Lower Hell Creek and Fox Hills aquifers in the Powder River structural basin

Dates

Release Date
2014-06-11
Time Period
2014
Publication Date

Citation

Sando, R. and Thamke, J., 2014, Thickness of the combined Lower Hell Creek and Fox Hills aquifers in the Powder River structural basin: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9F1W7PD.

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. These data represent the thickness, in feet, of the combined Lower Hell Creek and Fox Hills aquifers in the Powder River basin. The data are presented as ASCII text files that can be converted to continuous raster format.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center, Roy Sando
Originator :
Roy Sando, Joanna Thamke
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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sir2014-5047_thickness_of_combined_Lower_Hell_Creek_and_Fox_Hills_aquifers_in_Powder_River_basin.xml
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sir2014-5047_thickness_of_the_combined_Lower_Hell_Creek_and_Fox_Hills_aquifers_in_the_Powder_River_structural_basin_tif.zip 263.86 KB application/zip
sir2014-5047_thickness_of_the_combined_Lower_Hell_Creek_and_Fox_Hills_aquifers_in_the_Powder_River_structural_basin_txt.zip 248.22 KB application/zip
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Purpose

These data were collected as part of the groundwater availability study of the Upper Cretaceous and lower Tertiary geohydrologic units in the Williston and Powder River structural basins. These data are intended for regional use and may not be as accurate at local or point scales.
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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/P9F1W7PD

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