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U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, South America Province Boundaries (prov6_b and prov6_b.shp): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-470D, USGS Central Energy Team, Denver, Colorado.This is part of the following larger work.
U.S. Geological Survey, 199908, Maps Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of South America: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-470D, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
The map projection used is Other Projection.
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0001
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0001
Planar coordinates are specified in Meters
Names are given in the detailed description of attribute Pnum. There are 104 distinct values.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 6001 | oceanic basins around South America |
| 6002 | Guyana Shield |
| 6003 | Brazilian Shield |
| 6004 | Brazilian Shield |
| 6005 | Brazilian Shield |
| 6006 | Andean Province |
| 6007 | Familina Province |
| 6008 | Canadon Asfalto Province |
| 6009 | Deseado-Falklands Province |
| 6010 | Tacutu Basin |
| 6011 | Solimoes Basin |
| 6012 | Amazonas Basin |
| 6013 | Sucunduri Province |
| 6014 | Parecis Province |
| 6015 | Xingu Province |
| 6016 | Parnaiba Basin |
| 6017 | Sao Francisco Basin |
| 6018 | Diamantina Province |
| 6019 | Araripe Province |
| 6020 | Parana Basin |
| 6021 | Guyana Basin |
| 6022 | Foz de Amazonas Basin |
| 6023 | Santana Platform |
| 6024 | San Luis Basin |
| 6025 | Barreieinas Basin |
| 6026 | Caera Basin |
| 6027 | Potigar Basin |
| 6028 | Pernambuco Basin |
| 6029 | Sergipe-Alagoas Basin |
| 6030 | Jatoba Basin |
| 6031 | Tucano Basin |
| 6032 | Reconcavo Basin |
| 6033 | Bahia Sul Basin |
| 6034 | Espirito Santo Basin |
| 6035 | Campos Basin |
| 6036 | Santos Basin |
| 6037 | Pelotas Basin |
| 6038 | Santiago Basin |
| 6039 | Huallaga Basin |
| 6040 | Ucayali Basin |
| 6041 | Putamayo-Orient-Maranon Basin |
| 6042 | Acre Basin |
| 6043 | Madre dos Dios Basin |
| 6044 | Beni Basin |
| 6045 | Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin |
| 6046 | Oran-Olmedo Basin |
| 6047 | Chaco Basin |
| 6048 | Bolsones Basin |
| 6049 | Bermejo Basin |
| 6050 | Mascasin Basin |
| 6051 | Cuyo Basin |
| 6052 | Mercedes Basin |
| 6053 | Laboulaye-Macachin Basin |
| 6054 | Salado Basin |
| 6055 | Neuquen Basin |
| 6056 | Nirihuau Basin |
| 6057 | Colorado Basin |
| 6058 | San Jorge Basin |
| 6059 | Magellanes Basin |
| 6060 | North Malvinas Basin |
| 6061 | East Patagonia Basin |
| 6062 | Malvinas Plateau |
| 6063 | Malvinas Basin |
| 6064 | Burdwood Bank- North Scotia Ridge |
| 6065 | Altiplano Basin |
| 6066 | Moquegua-Tamaruga Basin |
| 6067 | Salar de Atacama Basin |
| 6068 | Curico Basin |
| 6069 | Temuco Basin |
| 6070 | Osorno-Llanquihue Basin |
| 6071 | Diego Ramirez Basin |
| 6072 | Madre de Dios Basin |
| 6073 | Penas Basin |
| 6074 | Central Chile Forearc Basin |
| 6075 | Mollendo-Tarapaca Basin |
| 6076 | Pisco Basin |
| 6077 | Lima Basin |
| 6078 | Salaverry Basin |
| 6079 | Trujillo Basin |
| 6080 | Sachura Basin |
| 6081 | Talara Basin |
| 6082 | Lancones Basin |
| 6083 | Progreso Basin |
| 6084 | Manabi Basin |
| 6085 | Borbon Basin |
| 6086 | Cuaca Basin |
| 6087 | Choco-Pacific Basin |
| 6088 | Pacific Offshore Basin |
| 6089 | Upper Magdelena Basin |
| 6090 | Middle Magdelena Basin |
| 6091 | Lower Magdelena Basin |
| 6092 | Eastern Cordillera Basin |
| 6093 | Perija-Venezuelan Coastal Ranges |
| 6094 | Cesar Basin |
| 6095 | Guajira Basin |
| 6096 | Llanos Basin |
| 6097 | Barinas-Apure Basin |
| 6098 | East Venezuela Basin |
| 6099 | Maracaibo Basin |
| 6100 | Falcon Basin |
| 6101 | Bonaire Basin |
| 6102 | Cariaco Basin |
| 6103 | Tobago Trough |
| 6104 | South Caribbean Deformed Belt |
| 6105 | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| 6106 | West-Central Cordillera |
| 6107 | Lesser Antilles Deformed Belt |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| APZ | Precambrian-Paleozoic sedimentary rocks |
| KT | Cretaceous-Tertiary sedimentary rocks |
| Q | Quaternary sedimentary rocks |
| U | Unmapped area |
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The purpose of the geologic province boundary map is to allow us to allocate oil and gas field and well information to known geographic entities prior to prioritizing and assessing petroleum provinces of South America. Once the provinces were defined, the total oil and gas production from the petroleum-bearing provinces of South America were compared to the rest of the world to determine which provinces in South America were priority for assessment.
Audemard, F., and Lugo, J., 1997, Petroleum geology of Venezuela: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Short Course Notes, Dallas, Texas, April 5-6, 1997, chapter paginated..
Bigarella, J.J., 1973, Geology of the Amazonas and Parnaiba Basin, in Nairn: Plenum Press, New York.This is part of the following larger work.
(ed.), A.E.M., and Stehli, F.G. (ed.), 1973, The ocean basins and margins; the south Atlantic: Plenum Press, New York.
Cainelli, C., and Mohriak, W.U., 1998, Geology of Atlantic eastern Brazilian basins; Brazilian Geology, Part 2.
Committee on the World Geologic Map, 1964, Geologic map of South America: Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 2 sheets, 1:5000000 scale.
Jordan, T.E., and Allmendinger, R.W., 1986, The Sierras Pampaneas of Argentina: a modern analogue of Rocky Mountain foreland deformation: American Journal of Science v. 286, p. 737-764..
Kingston, J., 1994, Undiscovered petroleum resources of South America: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-559.
McGettigan, C.K., and Hunt, D.G., 1996, Columbia continues to yield major oil, gas discoveries: Oil and Gas Journal July 15, 1996, p. 40-45..
Mordojovich, C., 1981, Sedimentary basins of the Chilean Pacific offshore: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology v. 12, p. 732-749.
Ojeda, H.A.O., 1982, Structural framework, stratigraphy, and evolution of Brazilian marginal basins: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin v. 66, no. 6, p. 732-749..
Tankard, A.J. (ed.), R. Suárez Soruco (ed.), and Welsink, H.J. (ed.), 1995, Petroleum basins of South America: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 62.
Travis, R.B., Gonzales, G., and Pardo, A., 1975, Hydrocarbon potential of coastal basins of Peru: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 25, p. 331-338..
Urien, C.M., and Zambrano, J.J., 1973, The geology of the basins of the Argentine continental margin and Malvinas Plateau:.This is part of the following larger work.
Nairn, A.E.M. (ed.), and Stehli, F.G. (ed.), 1973, The ocean basins and margins; the south Atlantic: Plenum Press, New York.
Urien, C.M., Zambrano, J.J., and Yrigoyen, M.R., 1995, Petroleum basins of southern South America: a review:.This is part of the following larger work.
Tankard, A.J. (ed.), R. Suárez Soruco (ed.), and Welsink, H.J. (ed.), 1995, Petroleum basins of South America: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 62.
Yrigoyen, M.R., 1991, Energy resources map of the Circum-Pacific region; southeast quadrant: U.S. Geological Survey Circum-Pacific Map Series CP-39.
The province attributes are province name (pname) and province number (pnum). Province names were taken from published reports and reflect the most common local usage. Province numbers were created for this report, and are used in the USGS assessment of South America.
The geologic boundaries shown on this map were drawn 7500000 scale version of the geologic map. The horizontal accuracy of the boundaries should not be considered accurate at a scale larger than the scale of the source map.
The entire continent of South America was divided into provinces, such that no area was exempt from being included in a geologic province. For provinces that extend offshore, the offshore province boundary ranged between 2000m and 4000 m water depth, depending upon the geology of the offshore area.
Many references from the literature, as well as reviews by local experts, were used to determine the placement of the geologic province boundaries mapped for this report. Although local differences exist in the placement of these boundaries, the boundaries in this report are the most common accepted boundaries based on the geology.
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