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NGMDB
Vocabularies

Background documentation [Richard, S.M., and Soller, D.R., in prep., Vocabularies for geoscience information interchange, in D.R. Soller, ed., Digital Mapping Techniques '08 -- Workshop Proceedings: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report xxx.]

Download NGMDB vocabularies that are used in NCGMP09 (v.1.0, 10/14/09) -- zip file includes:
- StandardLithology
- ProportionTerm
- PartType
- LocationMethod
- PropertyValue
- ScientificConfidence
- GeologicEvent

All NGMDB vocabularies:
(will be posted in November, 2009)

Contact: Dave Soller and Steve Richard

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This page is http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/NGMDBvocabs/
Maintained by Dave Soller
last update: Oct. 14, 2009

NGMDB Vocabularies

NGMDB
Vocabularies