Use of geographic information system to display water-quality data from San Juan basin

Conference · Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA)

OSTI ID:5479363

Thorn, C R; Dam, W L ^[1]

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1. Geological Survey, Albuquerque, NM (USA)

The ARC/INFO geographic information system is creating thematic maps of the San Juan basin as part of the USGS Regional Aquifer-System Analysis program. (Use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and does not constitute endorsement by the US Geological Survey.) Maps created by a Prime version of ARC/INFO, to be published in a series of Hydrologic Investigations Atlas reports for selected geologic units, will include outcrop patters, water-well locations, and water-quality data. The San Juan basin study area, encompassing about 19,400 mi{sup 2}, can be displayed with ARC/INFO at various scales; on the same scale, generated water-quality maps can be compared and overlain with other maps such as potentiometric surface and depth to top of a geologic or hydrologic unit. Selected water-quality and well data (including latitude and longitude) are retrieved from the USGS National Water Information System data base for a specified geologic unit. Data are formatted by Fortran programs and read into an INFO data base. Two parallel files - an INFO file containing water-quality data and well data and an ARC file containing the site coordinates - are joined to form the ARC/INFO data base. A file containing a series of commands using Prime's Command Procedure language is used to select coverage, display, and position data on the map. Data interpretation is enhanced by displaying water-quality data throughout the basin in combination with other hydrologic and geologic data.

• OSTI ID: 5479363
• Report Number(s): CONF-8910195-; CODEN: AABUD
• Journal Information: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA), Vol. 73:9; Conference: AAPG Rocky Mountain Section meeting, Albuquerque, NM (USA), 1-4 Oct 1989; ISSN 0149-1423
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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