## Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Compilation of Geophysical, Geologic, and Tectonic Data for the Circum-North Pacific

by Mark L. Greninger1*,  Simon L. Klemperer1, and Warren J. Nokleberg2, authors

Douglas S. Aitken2, Brian S. Bennett2, Keri L. Brennan3, Ronald W. Buhmann4, Stanislav G. Byalobzhesky5, Steven P. Gordey6, Roger A. Hansen7, Paul P. Hearn, Jr.8, Thomas G. Hildenbrand2, Allen M. Hittelman9, J. Murray Journeay6, Alexander I. Khanchuk10, Boris Khlebnikov11, D. Paul Mathieux8, James W. H. Monger6, Boris A. Natalin12, Leonid M. Parfenov13, Richard W. Saltus14, D.T. Sandwell15, Thomas Simkin16, Gregory Ulmishek8, and Frederic H. Wilson17, contributors

Warren J. Nokleberg2and Michael F. Diggles2, editors

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-422Version 1.0

1999

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBRUCE BABBITT, Secretary

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYCharles G. Groat, Director

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

*Now at: Anteon Corporation, PMD-10, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA

1 Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA2 U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA3 Chapleau, Ontario, Canada4 National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado, USA5 Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia6 Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver, Canada7 University of Alaska, Fairbanks8 U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA9 National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado, USA10 Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia11 Research Information Center, GlavNIC, Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, Moscow, Russia12 Russian Academy of Sciences, Khabarovsk, Russia13 Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia14 U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, USA15 University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA16 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA17 U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

cartoon map of North America and northeast Asia

### Introduction

### Abstract

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programs provide powerful tools for managing and analyzing spatial databases. Geological applications include regional tectonics, geophysics, mineral and petroleum exploration, resource management, and land-use planning. This CD-ROM contains thematic layers of spatial data-sets for geology, gravity field, magnetic field, oceanic plates, overlap assemblages, seismology (earthquakes), tectonostratigraphic terranes, topography, and volcanoes. The GIS compilation can be viewed, manipulated, and plotted with commercial software (ArcView and ArcInfo) or through a freeware program (ArcExplorer) that can be downloaded from http://www.esri.com for both Unix and Windows computers using the button below.



This publication was made using data made available by the following organizations (listed alphabetically):

Alaska Biological Science CenterAlaska Division of Oil and Gas Defense Mapping AgencyEros Data CenterEuropean Space AgencyExxon Production Research CompanyGeological Society of AmericaGeological Survey of CanadaGeological Survey of JapanInternational Seismological CentreJapan Oceanographic Data CenterLamont-Doherty Earth ObservatoryMinistry of Geology, U.S.S.R.National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNational Earthquake Information CenterNational Geophysical Data CenterNational Ocean ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNaval Research LaboratoryResearch Information Center (GlavNIC), Russian Ministry of Natural Resources (RMNR)Russian Academy of SciencesScripps Institution of OceanographySmithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism ProgramSociety of Exploration GeophysicistsStanford UniversityUnited Nations Environment Programme/Global Resource Information DatabaseU.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUnited States Geological SurveyUniversity of Alaska, Fairbanks

### Navigate the directory structure

CLICK HERE to navigate the directory structure and access the documentation and data files.

### The documentation in PDF format

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CLICK HERE view the readme file for this report (95 KB in PDF format).

CLICK HERE view the documentation file for this report (401 KB in PDF format).

### View the version history

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The CD-ROM version of this report is for sale ($32 at time of this report) by:

U.S. Geological SurveyInformation Services, National Mapping DivisionBox 25046Denver Federal CenterDenver, CO  80225-0046 Telephone: (888) ASK-USGS

To contact the senior editor, email Warren Nokleberg (wnokleberg@usgs.gov).



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