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U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 03-189

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Murrieta 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By Michael P. Kennedy and Douglas M. Morton

INTRODUCTION

Open-File Report 03-189 contains a digital geologic map database of the Murrieta 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside County, California that includes:
1. ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map.
2. A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and containing a Correlation of Map Units diagram (CMU), a Description of Map Units (DMU), and an index map.
3. Portable Document Format (.pdf) files of:
a. A Readme file; included in Appendix I, data contained in mur_met.txt
b. The same graphic as plotted in 2 above. Test plots have not produced precise 1:24,000-scale map sheets. Adobe Acrobat page size setting influences map scale.

Learn more about the Murrieta data set and its contents

File Name
File Type and Description
File Size
README's and METADATA
  

README.txt

 Text version of readme file that explains how to use the digital database
44 Kb
README.pdf
PDF version of the readme file that explains how to use the digital database.
400 Kb
mur_met.txt
 Text file of the FGDC-compliant metadata
28 Kb
DATA
mur.tar.gz
 Compressed tar file of the digital database for this map
2.3 MB
FILES for VIEWING and PLOTTING
mur_map.ps.gz
Compressed (gzip) PostScript file used for plotting a paper copy of the map
4.5 MB
mur_map.pdf
 PDF file of map sheet that can be used for viewing map in a browser, as well as for plotting
2 MB

 

Visit the GeoScience Node of the National Spatial Data Clearinghouse to find other geologic-map datasets in southern California or elsewhere in the Nation

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For questions about the content of this report contact Doug Morton

This report is only available on the web

URL of this page: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-189/
Maintained by: Carolyn Donlin
Created: 6/09/03
Last modified: 6/09/03 (cad)