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USGS map colored by paleogeological areas and demarcating the sections of the U.S. physiographic regions: Laurentian Upland (area 1), Atlantic Plain (2-3), Appalachian Highlands (4-10), Interior Plains (11-13), Interior Highlands (14-15), Rocky Mountain System (16-19), Intermontane Plateaus (20-22), & Pacific Mountain System (23-25) The legend ...
Precambrian rocks of Illinois are highly faulted; tectonic extension and related thermal subsidence have led to the formation of two major sedimentary basins. These basins, termed the Illinois Basin and Michigan Basin , allowed for extensive deposition of sedimentary rock during the Palaeozoic Era. [ 2 ]
From 1974 until the early-2000s, the map production area was the printing plant for USGS topographic maps and other paper products. The USGS Library, authorized by Congress in 1879, houses one of the world’s largest Earth and natural science collections. [5] The building originally had the capacity to house nearly 2,500 employees. [4]
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The National Geodetic Survey is an office of NOAA's National Ocean Service.Its core function is to maintain the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), "a consistent coordinate system that defines latitude, longitude, height, scale, gravity, and orientation throughout the United States". [1]
Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey.