Fltarc Metadata

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• Data Quality Information
• Spatial Data Organization Information
• Spatial Reference Information
• Entity and Attribute Information
• Distribution Information
• Metadata Reference Information

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Identification Information:

Citation:

Citation information:

Originators: Kathy Haller, Richard Dart, Susan Rhea

*Title:

fltline

*File or table name: fltline

Publication date: 1 January 2004

*Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data

Other citation details:

use Interactive Mapping Service to extract data from web service

Online linkage: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults/

Description:

Abstract:

This data set contains locations and information on faults and associated folds in the United States that are believed to be sources of M>6 earthquakes during the Quaternary (the past 1,600,000 years). On the website, maps of these geologic structures are linked to a database containing detailed descriptions and references. The database is intended to be the USGS?s archive for historic and ancient earthquake sources used in current and future probabilistic seismic-hazard analyses. 

Our website presents for the first time a single source that summarizes important information on paleoseismic (ancient earthquake) parameters. These data are compiled from thousands of journal articles, maps, theses, and other documents, as referenced herein. The database is designed to serve a variety of needs, both in terms of the user community and methods of delivering the data.

Purpose:

Starting in the early 1970s, mainly in response to national concerns about the siting of nuclear reactors, scientists needed to locate active and Quaternary faults and document their characteristics. 
The descriptions contain information on geographic, geologic, and paleoseismic parameters that are deemed critical to making geologic-based assessments of seismic hazards. In addition, we provide narrative comments that clarify, justify, or expound upon these parameters. Many of the comments in the database provide justification for the paleoseismic parameters that were chosen to characterize the faults and folds.

Supplemental information:

details about each fault are available through the online database at http://qfaults.cr.usgs.gov/

*Language of dataset: en

Time period of content:

Time period information:

Single date/time:

Calendar date: 2003

Currentness reference:

publication date

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Spatial domain:

Bounding coordinates:

*West bounding coordinate: -155.957874

*East bounding coordinate: -98.290069

*North bounding coordinate: 48.883728

*South bounding coordinate: 18.766227

Local bounding coordinates:

*Left bounding coordinate: -155.957874

*Right bounding coordinate: -98.290069

*Top bounding coordinate: 48.883728

*Bottom bounding coordinate: 18.766227

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme:

Theme keywords: earthquake, earthquake preparedness, paleoseismology, neotectonic processes

Theme keyword thesaurus: USGS Enterprise Web Thesaurus (http://www.usgs.gov/library/eweb_thes.html)

Place:

Place keywords: United States

Access constraints: no restrictions.

Use constraints:

Citations to the database are requested. 
U.S. Geological Survey (and supporting agency if appropriate-see list below), 2006, Quaternary fault and fold database for the United States, accessed DATE, from USGS web site: http//earthquakes.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults/.

List of cooperators:
Alaska............ Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Arizona........... Arizona Geological Survey
California......... California Geological Survey
Colorado.......... Colorado Geological Survey
Idaho............... Idaho Geological Survey
Illinois.............. Illinois State Geological Survey,
Louisiana......... Louisiana Geological Survey
Montana.......... Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Nevada............ Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
New Mexico..... New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Texas.............. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology,
Utah................ Utah Geological Survey

For example, I want to reference information I got about a fault in New Mexico on Jan 9, 2006.. My reference would look like:

U.S. Geological Survey and New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, 2006, Quaternary fault and fold database for the United States, accessed Jan 9, 2006, from USGS web site: http//earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults/.

Point of contact:

Contact information:

Contact organization primary:

Contact person: Quaternary faults web team

Contact organization: USGS

Contact electronic mail address: qfaults@usgs.gov

Hours of service: 9-3, M-F

Contact instructions:

Email checked weekly. Phone if immediate need, Kathy Haller 303-273-8616.

Data set credit:

The project coordinator is Michael Machette (USGS). The database structure was created by Kathy Haller (USGS) and an early version of the web interface and search engines were created by Larry Mayer (formerly of the University of Miami at Oxford, Ohio). The GIS data was engineered and maintained by Richard Dart (USGS). The fault and fold traces were digitized mainly by Richard Dart, with help from Dean Hancock*. Static maps were made by Susan Rhea (USGS), Richard Dart, and Damon Sather*. The graphic web browser and ArcIMS module (still under development) were created by Susan Rhea, Damon Sather*, Karen Morgan*, and John Cox*. Much of the reference database and entry of data into the text database was done with the able assistance of Philly Morrow, Meredith Frey, and Kelli Clark (*, all former student interns or contractors to the USGS).

Compilers and cooperators are listed on the web page (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/qfaults/contrib.html). Compilers are those who described faults or folds for the database. Cooperators are those who assisted with the development of digital fault data (traces), the database structure, or the geographical information system (GIS) interfaces.

*Native dataset format: Shapefile

*Native data set environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420

Data Quality Information:

Attribute accuracy:

Attribute accuracy report:

Fault characteristics, even where known in detail, are reported in broad categories (for example "age less than 1,600,000 years"). The textual database contains more specific information about each fault where details were available in published literature.

Logical consistency report:

Due to substantial differences in the geological setting and tectonic activity, the central and eastern United States appear to have fewer faults active in the Quaternary. This is partly a real phenomena (the western US has more tectonic activity) and partly a detection problem. For example, the glacial sediments that cover much of the eastern midwest states conceal the evidence we would use to infer movement along underlying faults in the Quaternary

Completeness report:

The database does not include faults in Alaska or Hawaii at present. California database is incomplete, not all faults are included.

Positional accuracy:

Horizontal positional accuracy:

Horizontal positional accuracy report:

Locations of faults were taken from published literature; these investigations were carried out at a variety of scales of observation, hence some faults will be located more precisely and accurately than others. In general the locations are accurate as observed on a 1:250,000 scale map, or approximately 450 feet.

Lineage:

Source information:

Source citation:

Citation information:

Originators: Numerous

Title:

Numerous

Series information:

Series name: Numerous

Process step:

Process description:

Starting in the early 1970s, mainly in response to national concerns about the siting of nuclear reactors, scientists needed to locate active and Quaternary faults and document their characteristics. This broad research initiative resulted in new maps and studies of Quaternary faults. State (Jennings, 1975; Witkind, 1975; 1975; 1975; 1976; Menges and Pearthree, 1983), regional (Nakata and others, 1982), and National (Howard and others, 1978) maps were compiled to show the location and relative timing of major faults. These map compilations, however, did not provide much supporting data. Subsequent state-scale compilations, such as those by Johns and others, (1982), Stickney and Bartholemew (1987), and Hecker (1993) provided some supporting database and were the first true fault compilations. The Quaternary fault and fold data for the United States has relied heavily on the past contributions, and on new efforts by State geological surveys and the U.S. Geological Survey. 
The most recent effort began in 1990 in support of the International Lithosphere Program (ILP), which formed Working Group II-2. Its main objective was to compile a World Map of Active Faults (Vladimir Trifonov, chairman). In 1992, the USGS agreed to help compile maps and fault descriptions for countries in the Western Hemisphere (North, Central, and South America, as well as Australia and New Zealand). This work continues to date, with many of the compilations for Central and South America countries having been published. 

In 1993, the U.S. Geological Survey began developing a database for Quaternary faults and folds for the United States in earnest, largely supported by NEHRP but with significant support from many State surveys. This product is more robust than the ILP products, mainly owing to the vast amount of data that has become available within the U.S. in the past 20-30 years and the importance that this data plays in regional and national seismic-hazard assessments (Petersen and others, 1996; Frankel and others, 1996). 

For this compilation, we have limited our compilation to synthesis of published literature relevant to the United States. Our definition of published literature includes typical sources (journals and maps), as well as M.S. theses and Ph.D. dissertations, governmental contract reports (which includes many NEHRP-sponsored studies), abstracts, and open-file (preliminary) reports. We generally do not cite unpublished field mapping, field notes, and other gray-literature reports that are not generally available to the public. The data presented in the compilation are extensively referenced using the standard USGS reference style, with the exception of attaching a unique number to each cited reference for convenience. This numeric identifier allows us to clearly cite multiple-same year publications for authors. 

For a complete list of contributors, see <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/qfaults/contrib.html>

Source used citation abbreviation:

q:\alldata_dd\usawork\fltarc

Process step:

Process description:

Dataset copied.

Source used citation abbreviation:

Q:\alldata_dd\usawork\fltarc

Process step:

Process description:

Metadata imported.

Source used citation abbreviation:

E:\imsdata\qfaults\fltarc.xml

Process step:

Process description:

Metadata imported.

Source used citation abbreviation:

E:\qfault\qfdata20080401\fltline.xml

Spatial Data Organization Information:

*Direct spatial reference method: Vector

Point and vector object information:

SDTS terms description:

*Name: fltline

*SDTS point and vector object type: String

*Point and vector object count: 5747

SDTS terms description:

SDTS point and vector object type: Complete chain

Point and vector object count: 47870

SDTS terms description:

SDTS point and vector object type: Point

Point and vector object count: 4

SDTS terms description:

SDTS point and vector object type: Label point

Point and vector object count: 4187

SDTS terms description:

SDTS point and vector object type: Label point

Point and vector object count: 206

ESRI terms description:

*Name: fltline

*ESRI feature type: Simple

*ESRI feature geometry: Polyline

*ESRI topology: FALSE

*ESRI feature count: 5747

*Spatial index: TRUE

*Linear referencing: FALSE

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:

Coordinate system name:

*Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_WGS_1984

Geographic:

*Latitude resolution: 0.000000

*Longitude resolution: 0.000000

*Geographic coordinate units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic model:

*Horizontal datum name: D_WGS_1984

*Ellipsoid name: WGS_1984

*Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000

*Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257224

Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed description:

*Name: fltline

Entity type:

*Entity type label: fltline

*Entity type type: Feature Class

*Entity type count: 5747

Attribute:

Attribute label: FID

Attribute definition:

Internal feature number.

Attribute definition source:

ESRI

Attribute domain values:

Unrepresentable domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute label: Shape

Attribute definition:

Feature geometry.

Attribute definition source:

ESRI

Attribute domain values:

Unrepresentable domain:

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute label: CODE

Attribute definition:

Value used for symbolizing faults

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 80

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value definition source:

Value used for symbolizing faults; composed using a strict format
in which the numerals or letters in a particular position within
the code have consistent meanings. 
>First digit: fault visibility code
>1 = exposed
>2 = concealed
>3 = inferred
>
>Second digit: fault age code
>1 = historic
>2 = Holocene < 15,000 years
>3 = late Quaternary < 130,000 years
>4 = mid to late Quaternary < 750,000 years
>5 = Quaternary < 1,600,000 years
>6 = class B
>7 = unknown
>0 = unknown
>
>Third digit: fault slip rate code
>1 = >5 mm/year
>2 = 1-5
>3 = .2 - 1
>4 = < .2 mm/year

Attribute:

*Attribute label: NAME

*Attribute alias: NAME

Attribute definition:

fault name in database

Attribute definition source:

online database

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 5

Attribute domain values:

Unrepresentable domain:

feature name

Attribute:

*Attribute label: NUM

*Attribute alias: NUM

Attribute definition:

fault index number tied to online database

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 6

Attribute domain values:

Unrepresentable domain:

feature id number

Attribute:

*Attribute label: AGE

*Attribute alias: AGE

Attribute definition:

general age of last suspected movement

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 12

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: <1,600,000

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: <750,000

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: <130,000

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: <10,000

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: <150

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Class B

Enumerated domain value definition:

age suspect or older than Quaternary

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: incomplete

Enumerated domain value definition:

age not determined

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Unknown

Enumerated domain value definition:

age not able to be determined

Attribute:

*Attribute label: ACODE

*Attribute alias: ACODE

Attribute definition:

age code used for plotting in IMS, see attribute CODE

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 5

Attribute:

*Attribute label: SLIPRATE

*Attribute alias: SLIPRATE

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 7

Attribute:

*Attribute label: SLIPSENSE

*Attribute alias: SLIPSENSE

Attribute definition:

direction of slip

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 5

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Incomplete

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Normal

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Reverse

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Left lateral

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Right lateral

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Thrust

Attribute:

*Attribute label: DIPDIRECTI

*Attribute alias: DIPDIRECTI

Attribute definition:

fault dip direction

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 5

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Center

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: East

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: North

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: South

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: West

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Northeast

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Southeast

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Southwest

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Northwest

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: Vertical

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: unspecified

Attribute:

*Attribute label: SLIPCODE

*Attribute alias: SLIPCODE

Attribute definition:

slip code for plotting, see CODE

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 15

Attribute:

*Attribute label: SLIPDIRECT

*Attribute alias: SLIPDIRECT

Attribute definition:

slip direction in fault plane

*Attribute type: String

*Attribute width: 5

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: N

Enumerated domain value definition:

north

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: NE

Enumerated domain value definition:

northeast

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: E

Enumerated domain value definition:

east

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: SE

Enumerated domain value definition:

southeast

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: S

Enumerated domain value definition:

south

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: SW

Enumerated domain value definition:

southwest

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: W

Enumerated domain value definition:

west

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: NW

Enumerated domain value definition:

northwest

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: RL

Enumerated domain value definition:

right lateral

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: LL

Enumerated domain value definition:

left lateral

Attribute:

*Attribute label: LEN

*Attribute alias: LEN

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 19

*Attribute number of decimals: 8

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact information:

Contact organization primary:

Contact organization: USGS, Geologic Hazards Team

Contact voice telephone: 303-273-8639

Contact electronic mail address: rhea@usgs.gov

Hours of service: workdays

Contact instructions:

email best

Resource description: Downloadable Data

Standard order process:

Digital form:

Digital transfer information:

Transfer size: 15.525

*Dataset size: 7.684

Metadata Reference Information:

*Metadata date: 20080407

*Language of metadata: en

Metadata contact:

Contact information:

Contact organization primary:

Contact person: REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.

Contact organization: REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information.

Contact address:

Address type: REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.

City: REQUIRED: The city of the address.

State or province: REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.

Postal code: REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.

Contact voice telephone: REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.

*Metadata standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

*Metadata standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

*Metadata time convention: local time

Metadata extensions:

Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Metadata extensions:

*Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

*Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile