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Hydrogeologic framework bottom elevations and thicknesses of Permian, Upper Pennsylvanian, Lower Pennsylvanian, and Mississippian units in the Appalachian Plateaus Physiographic Province

Metadata Updated: January 7, 2026

As part of the U.S. Geological Survey Water Availability and Use Science Program study of Appalachian Plateaus aquifers, bottom elevations and thicknesses were determined for Permian, Upper Pennsylvanian, Lower Pennsylvanian, and Mississippian hydrogeologic framework units in the Appalachian Plateaus, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. Thickness values for these units were compiled at point locations from available sources (Martens, 1945; McKee and Crosby, 1975; Craig and Connor, 1979; Ryder and others, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015) and used to interpolate surfaces representing thicknesses, contact elevations, and outcrop elevations using earthVision software (Dynamic Graphics, Inc., 2014). Unit contact and outcrop elevations at cell centers from the earthVision rasters were used as the primary source to create geodatabase rasters representing bottom elevations and thicknesses of the Permian, Upper Pennsylvanian, Lower Pennsylvanian, and Mississippian framework units.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date January 7, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 7, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 7, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 7, 2026
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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Data Last Modified 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
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