Table 1 - USGS



Table 1. Components of Arizona Geological Survey Information System.

|Component Name |Function |Status (8/29/01) |

|MetaData |Stores basic information about people, projects, organizations, the |implemented |

| |DataSet catalog, system development metadata | |

|Arizona Rock Unit Lexicon |Stores definition and default descriptions of rock units used for |Designed, implemented, not populated|

| |geologic mapping in Arizona. Based on USGS geologic name lexicon and AZGS| |

| |AzStrat [R.A.Trapp, unpublished] | |

|Arizona Geologic Bibliography |Stores bibliography of published literature concerning Arizona geology |Implemented, populated, in |

| |[Trapp et al., 1996] |maintenance |

|Geologic Map |Stores map legend definitions, and map view definitions. This component |Default map visualization |

| |may have multiple instances specific to particular geologic data sets or |implemented and in use. |

| |projects. | |

|Cartography Infrastructure |Stores definitions and descriptions of graphical elements used to |Implemented, partially populated |

| |construct geologic maps, along with default legend for symbolizing | |

| |standard map units and features. | |

|Rock Samples |Stores information locating and describing rock samples collected in the |Implemented, partially populated |

| |field for geochronology, geochemistry, representative lithology, etc. | |

|Geochronology |Stores detailed analytical information for isotopic age dates. |Implemented, populated based on |

| | |Reynolds et al. [1986], data |

| | |structure not finalized |

|Geochemistry |Stores analytical data for whole rock, trace element, and isotopic |Planned |

| |analyses of rocks. | |

|Geoscience Infrastructure |Stores basic geoscience terminology Classification Concepts, definitions |Designed and implemented, some |

| |and descriptions of standard mineral and lithology terms, and the |tables partially populated |

| |standard geologic time scale used by AZGS (GSA, DNAG, Palmer, 1983). Data| |

| |in this component database is not specific to a location, and applies to | |

| |all geologic data sets. | |

|Geoscience Descriptions |Set of table templates for description of geologic features specific to |Designed, implemented, not populated|

| |individual geologic datasets. | |

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