Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: United States Geological Survey (USGS); 
          Eastern Energy Resources Team; Steven Podwysocki comp.
        Publication_Date: 2000 0307
        Title:
          Coal-Bearing Regions and Structural Sedimentary Basins of 
          China and Adjacent Seas
        Series_Information: 
          Series_Name: USGS, Open-File Report
          Issue_Identification: 00-047
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Reston, VA
          Publisher: USGS; Eastern Energy Resources Team
    Description: 
      Abstract:
        This dataset is a collection of structural sedimentary
        basin locations in The Peoples Republic of China. Included
        in this dataset are the age and name of each structural 
        sedimentary basin.
      Purpose:
        The purpose of this dataset is to give geologists and 
        other scientists a spatial database of structural sedimentary
        basins in China.  This data set will be utilized in energy
        research and cartographic projects.
      Supplemental_Information:
        Procedures_Used:
          The structural sedimentary basins were digitized from 
          the Energy Mineral Resource Map of China and Adjacent 
          Seas, published in 1992 by the Geological Publishing House,
          Chinese Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 
          Information and Institute of Mineral Deposits of Chinese
          Academy of Geological Sciences, utilizing ARC/INFO.
        Revisions: none
        Reviews_Applied_to_Data: None
    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Single_Date/Time:
          Calendar_Date: 20000307
      Currentness_Reference: publication date
    Status:
      Progress:  Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: 66.41994
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: 144.76798
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.84727
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 14.52108
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:  None
        Theme_Keyword:  Name
        Theme_Keyword:  China
        Theme_Keyword:  United States Geological Survey
        Theme_Keyword:  Eastern Energy Team
        Theme_Keyword:  Cenozoic	
        Theme_Keyword:  Mesozoic-Cenozoic
        Theme_Keyword:  Mesozoic
        Theme_Keyword:  Era
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:  Geographic Names Information System
        Place_Keyword:  Peoples Republic of China
        Place_Keyword:  Anhai Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Beijing Shi
        Place_Keyword:  Fujan Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Gansu Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Guangdong Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Guangxizhuangzu Zizhiqu
        Place_Keyword:  Guizhou Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Hainan Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Hebei Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Heilongjiang Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Henan Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Hong Kong
        Place_Keyword:  Hubei Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Hunan Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Jiangsu Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Jianxi Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Jilin Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Liaoning Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Macao
        Place_Keyword:  Neimenggu Zizhiqu
        Place_Keyword:  Ningxiahuizu Zizhiqu
        Place_Keyword:  Qinghai Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Shaanxi Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Shandong Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Shanghai Shi
        Place_Keyword:  Shanxi Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Sichuan Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Taiwan Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Tianjin Shi
        Place_Keyword:  Xinjiangweiwu'erzu Zizhiqu
        Place_Keyword:  Xizang Zizhiqu
        Place_Keyword:  Yunan Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Zhejian Sheng
        Place_Keyword:  Amami Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Bayanhuxu-Eren Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Beibu Gulf Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Bohai Bay Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Bose Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Dongting Basin
        Place_Keyword:  East China Sea Shelf Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Erhai Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Hailar Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Jianghan Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Jinggu Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Jiuquan-Minle Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Junggar Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Lunpola-Baingoin Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Miyazaki Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Nanyang-Xiangfang Basin
        Place_Keyword:  North Shuangfeng Basin
        Place_Keyword:  North Yellow Sea Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Northern Jiangsu-Southern South Yellow Sea Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Norther South Yellow Sea Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Northwestern Taiwan Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Okinawa Trough Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Ordos Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Qaidam Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Quinshi-Linfem Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Ryukyu Island Shimajiri Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Sanshui Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Sichuan Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Songliao Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Southwestern Taiwan Basin
        Place_Keyword:  South Bijia Basin
        Place_Keyword:  South Shuangfeng Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Tarim Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Tosa Bay Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Tsushima Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Turpan-Hami Basin
        Place_Keyword:  Zhujiangkou (Pearle R. Mouth) Basin
    Access_Constraints: None
    Use_Constraints: None
    Point_of_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Steven Podwysocki comp. spodwyso@usgs.gov
          Contact_Organization: USGS, Eastern Energy Resources Team
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing address
          Address: MS 956 National Center
          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: Virginia
          Postal_Code: 20192
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6480
    Cross_Reference:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: 
          Geological Publishing House, Chinese Institute of Geology and 
          Mineral Resources Information and Institute of Mineral 
          Deposits of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
        Publication_Date: 1992
        Title: Energy Mineral Resources Map of China and Adjacent Seas
        Edition: ISBN 7-116-01134-x/P955
  Data_Quality_Information:
    Attribute_Accuracy:
      Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
        All coal fields are labeled correctly
      Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
        Attribute_Accuracy_Value: Unknown
        Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
          The data collected from the Geological Publishing House, 
          Chinese Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 
          Information and Institute of Mineral Deposits of Chinese
          Academy of Geological Sciences database are accurate.
    Logical_Consistency_Report:
      No tests for accuracy were done.
    Completeness_Report:
      This data set is a complete coverage of all structural sedimentary
      basins in China.
    Lineage:
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: 
              Geological Publishing House, Chinese Institute of Geology
              and Mineral Resources Information and Institute of Mineral
              Deposits of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
            Publication_Date: 1992
            Title: Energy Mineral Resources Map of China and Adjacent
              Seas
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: model
        Source_Scale_Denominator: 5000000
        Type_Of_Source_Media: paper map
        Source_Time_Period_Of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Single_Date/Time: 
              Calendar_Date: 19921231
          Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA
        Source_Contribution:
         This map provided several structural sedimentary basin 
         locations
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description:
         The structural sedimentary basins were digitized off of the 
	 Energy Mineral Resources Map of China and Adjacent Seas map.
        Process_Date: 19990302    
  Spatial_Reference_Information:
    Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Geographic:
        Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
        Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
        Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
  Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
    Detailed_Description:
      Entity_Type:
        Entity_Type_Label:  AGE_BASIN.PAT
        Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon attribute table of AGE_BASIN
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source:  ARC/INFO
      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 numbers
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
              Area of polygon in square coverage units
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
      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 numbers
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
              Perimeter of the polygons in coverage units
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: SED_BASINS#
        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: 
              Internal Identification Number
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: SED_BASINS-ID
        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: 
              Internal Identification Number
	    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label:  NAME
        Attribute_Definition:  Name of structural sedimentary basin
        Attribute_Definition_Source:  
          Energy Mineral Resources Map of China and Adjacent Seas
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: character strings are acceptable
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
              Name of the structural sedimentary basin; See 
              Place_Keyword list
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: 
              Energy Mineral Resources Map of China and Adjacent Seas
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label:  ERA
        Attribute_Definition:  
          Geologic age of the structural sedimentary basin
        Attribute_Definition_Source:  
          Energy Mineral Resources Map of China and Adjacent Seas
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: character strings are acceptable
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
              Geologic age of the structural sedimentary basins
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: 
              Energy Mineral Resources Map of China and Adjacent Seas
  Distribution_Information:
    Distributor:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Steven Podwysocki comp. spodwyso@usgs.gov
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing address
          Address: MS 956 National Center
          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: Virginia
          Postal_Code: 20192
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6480
    Resource_Description: Structural Sedimentary Basins and Age
    Distribution_Liability:
      This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for 
      conformity with U.S. Geoloical Survey editorial standards.  
      Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for the 
      descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by
      the U.S. Government.
    Standard_Order_Process:
      Digital_Form:
        Digital_Transfer_Information:
          Format_Name: ARC/INFO
          Format_Version_Number: 7.1.1
        Digital_Transfer_Option:
          Online_Option:
            Computer_Contact_Information:
              Network_Address:
                Network_Resource_Name: 
      Fees: none
  Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 20000209
    Metadata_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Steven Podwysocki comp. spodwyso@usgs.gov
          Contact_Organization: USGS, Eastern Energy Resources Team
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing address
          Address: MS 956 National Center
          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: Virginia
          Postal_Code: 20192
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6480  
    Metadata_Standard_Name: 
      FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
    Metadata_Standard_Version:  19940608
    Metadata_Time_Convention: Local Time
    Metadata_Security_Information:
      Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None
      Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
      Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None