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Christopher J. Schenk (Coordinator, South America region)
Tel: 303-236-5796
Inquiries about the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project should be addressed to: Thomas S. Ahlbrandt (Coordinator, World Energy Project)
Tel: 303-236-5776
II. INTRODUCTION Each region is then further divided into geologic provinces
on the basis of natural geologic entities and may include a dominant structural
element or a number of contiguous elements. Some provinces contain multiple
Geologic province boundaries for the South America are delineated using data from a number of geologic maps, and other tectonic and geographic data (see References). Offshore province boundaries are defined by the 4000 meter bathymetric contour. Each province is assigned a unique number; the first digit is the region number. It is attempted to number the provinces in geographical groups; onshore, offshore, and combined on and offshore. The list of the provinces sorted by Code is shown in Adobe Acrobat samgeo.pdf file (see section V below). Oil and gas field data from Petroconsultants International Data Corporation worldwide oil and gas field database are allocated to these provinces. The geologic provinces are being further subdivided into petroleum systems and assessment units in order to appraise the undiscovered petroleum potential of selected provinces of the world. Specific details of the data sources and map compilation are given in the metadata file on this CD-ROM. Smaller stratigraphic subdivisions of Phanerozoic rock are combined to simplify the map and to maintain consistency with other maps of the series. Precambrian rocks are undivided. Oil and gas field markers represent field centerpoints published with permission from Petroconsultants International Data Corp.,1996 database. This map is compiled using Environmental Systems Research
Institute, Inc. (ESRI) ARC/INFO software. Political boundaries and cartographic
representations on this map were taken, with permission, from ESRI's
Portions of this database covering the coastline and country
boundaries contain intellectual property of Environmental Systems Research
Institute, Inc. (ESRI), and are used herein with permission. Copyright
1992 and 1996, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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region ; southeast quadrant: U.S. Geological Survey Circum-Pacific Map
Series, Map CP-39, 2 sheets, 1:10000000 scale.
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