
Minnesota Geological Survey
Fargo/Moorhead Study [FMS]

Surficial Geologic Map

"Surficial Geology of the Fargo-Moorhead Area"
by Barb Lusardi, Fred Anderson, and Ken Harris
2005

supporting digital files

coverages
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 All coverages are included as ArcInfo export format (e00)
 files.

 All coverages are in the FMS projection which is:

   Lambert projection 
   units: meters
   1st std parallel: 33 00 00
   2nd std parallel: 45 00 00
   central meridian: -96 30 00
   origin parallel : 45 00 00

 using the NAD83 datum.

fmspgsg  - surficial geologic units (polygons)
fmspgsgo - overlay pattern areas for high and medium relief
            areas
fmslnsg  - surficial geologic linear features
fmslnim  - ice margins
fmspgwat - lakes (used as overlay - geologic interpretation
            developed to be continuous under lakes)
papg     - project area polygon

other files
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sg.aml        - ArcPlot aml to create surficial map
fmssglut.e00  - export file for look-up table fmssg.lut used
                by sg.aml to color surficial geology polygons
                with colors from shadeset mgs.shd
fmssgolut.e00 - export file for look-up table gmssgo.lut used
                by sg.aml to pattern overlays
mgslut.e00    - export file for look-up table mgs.lut used
                by sg.aml to assign line patterns from lineset
                mgs.lin
mgslin.e00    - export file for lineset mgs.lin
mgsshd.e00    - export file for shadeset mgs.shd
mgstxt.e00    - export file for textset mgs.txt


Tim Wahl/MGS - 6/2005
tewahl@umn.edu
(612) 627-4780
