20 questions

Fri May 5 19:01:25 2000

A comment by Charles H. Gardner about

Anticipated queries for a geologic map database?

by Jonathan C. Matti


Here are 20 questions plus a few more:


(1) show me the location of all mines and prospects;

(2) show me the location of all geologic map station
points;

(3) show me the areas of geologic mapping responsibility
for each of the
author(s);

(4) show me the location of all geochonology samples;

(5) show me the location of all paleontological samples;

(6) show me the location of all geochemical or stream
sediment samples;

(7) show me the metadata about the base map;

(8) show me the location of all sink holes;

(9) show me the location of all faults active within ___
years;

(10) show me the location of all wells (oil and gas, and
water);

(11) show me the number of square miles of each geologic
unit;

(12) show me the distribution of each unit by geologic
time;

(13) show me the distribution of facies in formation
_____;

(14) show me the location of cross sections;

(15) show me the depth to bedrock;

(16) show me the metamorphic grade of rocks across the
geologic map;

(17) show me the distribution of all sedimentary rocks
(by geologic
age);

(18) show me the distribution of all volcanic rocks;

(19) show me the distribution of all metamorphic rocks;

(20) show me the distribution of all igneous rocks;

Bonus questions:

(21) show me the distribution of all intrusive dikes;

(22) show the distribution of all scarps, and their
elevation;

(23) show me the distribution of all geologic map units
at or above ____
elevation;

(24) show me the complete metadata for the geologic map
(digital or
paper);

(25) show me the locations of all drill holes;

(26) show me the complete attribute data for each unit
(e.g. all
chemistry, petrography, geochonology;
chronostratigraphic age,
metamorphic grade, previous authors, etc. as a table);

(27) show me the location of all epicenters;

(28) show me the location of all type sections;

(29) show me the location of all slopes greater than
five percent;

(30) show me water chemistry of each water well;

(31) show me the attributes of each drill hole (collar
elevation, depth
to intersection of ___ formation or unit, and bedrock or
basement);

(32) show me the location of all units of _____
(formation or other rock
unit) greater than five square miles; and

(33) show me a photograph of each geologic map unit.


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