Fw: Geological Map colours

["Richard A. Buckmaster" <psolio@temple.edu>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marilyn Wegweiser" <wegwmari@isu.edu>
To: <vrtpaleo@usc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: Geological Map colours


> Richard,
>
> Standardized colors are used for each geologic time e.g., shades of
> green for Cretaceous, etc., as you know. They are Adobe Illustrator
> colors and there are specific hues and chromas used. I've got it
> packed away right now, but it is available easily via the USG and
> used to be available online. IT contains not just the colors but all
> of the map symbols used.
>
> The complete citation is:
> Title: Digital files of geologic map symbols with cartographic
specifications
>
> Author: U. S. Geological Survey
>
> Source: Open-File Report, No.OF 95-0526.
>
> Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States. ISSN:
0196-1497
>
> Publication Date: 1995
>
> Notes: In English. Two 3 1/2 inch DS/HD IBM-compatible diskettes. (NC, Da,
M.)
>
> Index Terms: cartography; data processing; digital cartography;
> digital data; geologic maps; map symbols; maps; USGS
>
> Publication Type: monograph
>
> Record ID: 199602094
>
> THIS open file may be useful as well.....
>
> Title: Public review draft; digital cartographic standard for
> geologic map symbolization (PostScript implementation)
>
> Author: U. S. Geological Survey
>
> Source: Open-File Report, No.OF 99-0430. Publisher: U. S. Geological
> Survey, Reston, VA, United States. ISSN: 0196-1497
>
> Publication Date: 1999
>
> Notes: In English. Accessed on July 25, 2000
>
> Index Terms: cartography; computer programs; data bases; data
> processing; digital cartography; landforms; petrology; symbols;
> tectonic elements; topography; USGS
>
> Publication Type: monograph
>
> Record ID: 200055749
>
> Cheers,
> Marilyn W.
>
> ************************
> >All,
> >
> >Sorry for a non Paleo posting, but...
> >
> >I am looking for specific information regarding the colours of (US)
> >geological maps for the bedrock for overall geology.  It would be
wonderful
> >to have a list of hexadecimal colours and the appropriate names, but a
> >reference image with names would suffice.  I couldn't find anything
specific
> >anywhere, except a relative colour scale (e.g. peacock blue, light gray,
> >etc.).
> >
> >Thanks ahead,
> >Richard
> >
> >---
> >Richard A. Buckmaster
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