GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America
Worldwide coal consumption and international coal trade are projected to increase in the next several decades (Energy Information Administration, 2007). A search of existing literature indicates that in the Western Hemisphere, coal resources are known to occur in about 30 countries. The need exists...
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dataone:a5623de5-169e-427f-9a81-a3e160ea69b1 2024-06-03T18:46:52+00:00 GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America Susan J. Tewalt (ed.) Scott A. Kinney (comp.) Matthew D. Merrill (comp.) ENVELOPE(-167.0,-20.0,82.0,-54.0) BEGINDATE: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z https://search.dataone.org/view/a5623de5-169e-427f-9a81-a3e160ea69b1 unknown USGS Science Data Catalog coal coal rank coal age bituminous coal anthracite lignite subbituminous coal geoInformationData geoscientificInformation World World coal United States of America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Guatemala Mexico Panama Peru El Salvador Nicaragua Greenland Costa Rica Haiti Venezuela Uruguay Ecuador Paraguay Jamaica Honduras Dominican Republic Cuba South America coal Central America coal North America coal Canada coal economy environment coalinternational Dataset 2008 dataone:urn:node:USGS_SDC 2024-06-03T18:09:01Z Worldwide coal consumption and international coal trade are projected to increase in the next several decades (Energy Information Administration, 2007). A search of existing literature indicates that in the Western Hemisphere, coal resources are known to occur in about 30 countries. The need exists to be able to depict these areas in a digital format for use in Geographic Information System (GIS) applications at small scales (large areas) and in visual presentations. Existing surficial geology GIS layers of the appropriate geologic age have been used as an approximation to depict the extent of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America, as well as Greenland. Global surficial geology GIS data were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for use in world petroleum assessments (Hearn and others, 2003). These USGS publications served as the major sources for the selection and creation of polygons to represent coal-bearing areas. Additional publications and maps by various countries and agencies were also used as sources of coal locations. GIS geologic polygons were truncated where literature or hardcopy maps did not indicate the presence of coal. The depicted areas are not adequate for use in coal resource calculations, as they were not adjusted for geologic structure and do not include coal at depth. Additionally, some coal areas in Central America could not be represented by the mapped surficial geology and are shown only as points based on descriptions or depictions from scientific publications or available maps. The provided GIS files are intended to serve as a backdrop for display of coal information. Three attributes of the coal that are represented by the polygons or points include geologic age (or range of ages), published rank (or range of ranks), and information source (published sources for age, rank, or physical location, or GIS geology base). Dataset Greenland USGS Science Data Catalog (via DataONE) Argentina Canada Greenland Uruguay ENVELOPE(-167.0,-20.0,82.0,-54.0) |
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coal coal rank coal age bituminous coal anthracite lignite subbituminous coal geoInformationData geoscientificInformation World World coal United States of America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Guatemala Mexico Panama Peru El Salvador Nicaragua Greenland Costa Rica Haiti Venezuela Uruguay Ecuador Paraguay Jamaica Honduras Dominican Republic Cuba South America coal Central America coal North America coal Canada coal economy environment coalinternational Susan J. Tewalt (ed.) Scott A. Kinney (comp.) Matthew D. Merrill (comp.) GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America |
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Worldwide coal consumption and international coal trade are projected to increase in the next several decades (Energy Information Administration, 2007). A search of existing literature indicates that in the Western Hemisphere, coal resources are known to occur in about 30 countries. The need exists to be able to depict these areas in a digital format for use in Geographic Information System (GIS) applications at small scales (large areas) and in visual presentations. Existing surficial geology GIS layers of the appropriate geologic age have been used as an approximation to depict the extent of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America, as well as Greenland. Global surficial geology GIS data were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for use in world petroleum assessments (Hearn and others, 2003). These USGS publications served as the major sources for the selection and creation of polygons to represent coal-bearing areas. Additional publications and maps by various countries and agencies were also used as sources of coal locations. GIS geologic polygons were truncated where literature or hardcopy maps did not indicate the presence of coal. The depicted areas are not adequate for use in coal resource calculations, as they were not adjusted for geologic structure and do not include coal at depth. Additionally, some coal areas in Central America could not be represented by the mapped surficial geology and are shown only as points based on descriptions or depictions from scientific publications or available maps. The provided GIS files are intended to serve as a backdrop for display of coal information. Three attributes of the coal that are represented by the polygons or points include geologic age (or range of ages), published rank (or range of ranks), and information source (published sources for age, rank, or physical location, or GIS geology base). |
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Susan J. Tewalt (ed.) Scott A. Kinney (comp.) Matthew D. Merrill (comp.) |
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Susan J. Tewalt (ed.) Scott A. Kinney (comp.) Matthew D. Merrill (comp.) |
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GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America |
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GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America |
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GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America |
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GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America |
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GIS representation of coal-bearing areas in North, Central, and South America |
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gis representation of coal-bearing areas in north, central, and south america |
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ENVELOPE(-167.0,-20.0,82.0,-54.0) BEGINDATE: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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ENVELOPE(-167.0,-20.0,82.0,-54.0) |
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