| Abstract: | A digital dataset for the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and in parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina was developed from selected reports published as part of the Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the 1980s. These reports contain maps and data depicting the extent and elevation of both time-stratigraphic and hydrogeologic units of which the aquifer system is composed, as well as data on hydrology, meteorology, and aquifer properties. The three primary reports used for this dataset compilation were USGS Professional Paper 1403-B (Miller, 1986), Professional Paper 1403-C (Bush and Johnston, 1988), and USGS Open-File Report 88-86 (Miller, 1988). Paper maps from Professional Papers 1403-B and 1403-C were scanned and georeferenced to the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27) using the Lambert Conformal Conic projection (standard parallels 33 and 45 degrees, central longitude -96 degrees, central latitude 39 degrees). Once georeferenced, tracing of pertinent line features contained in each image (for example, contours and faults) was facilitated by specialized software using algorithms that automated much of the process. Resulting digital line features were then processed using standard geographic information system (GIS) software to remove artifacts from the digitization process and to verify and update attribute tables. The digitization process for polygonal features (for example, outcrop areas and unit extents) was completed by hand using GIS software. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 9001467 |
| Citation Author: | Bellino, Jason C. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | FISC-Tampa |
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| Citation Language: | English |
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| Citation LatN: | 33.22 |
| Citation LatS: | 24.39 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Digital Dataset |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Data Series |
| Citation Series Code: | DS |
| Citation Series Number: | 584 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Digital surfaces and hydrogeologic data for the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and in parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina; 2011; DS; 584; Bellino, Jason C. |
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| Citation Year: | 2011 |
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| Text: | Digital surfaces and hydrogeologic data for the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and in parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina; 2011; DS; 584; Bellino, Jason C. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ds_584.gif |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/584/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
