Reference.CSS_SDE_ADMIN.Glacial_Landsystems

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Citation_Information:
Originator:
Groundwater Inventory and Mapping Project, a cooperative effort between the Water Bureau - Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, USGS - Michigan Water Science Center and Michigan State University - Institute of Water Research, RS&GIS and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. This project was mandated by P.A. 148 (Michigan Acts of 2003). Major funding was provided by MDEQ, supplemented with additional funds from the USGS Cooperative Water Program.
Title: Reference.CSS_SDE_ADMIN.Glacial_Landsystems
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://gwmap.rsgis.msu.edu/>
Description:
Abstract:
Using GIS overlay techniques, surface formations extracted from the Quaternary geology map were combined with soil texture groups that had been reclassified from the STATSGO data, based on the Michigan Soil Management Group protocol. The concatenated surface formations and generalized soil texture categories were grouped into glacial landsystems.
Purpose:
The appropriate characterization of the hydrogeological properties of the glacial deposits in Michigan required a suitable geologic framework in order to regionalize the various data that were created from the WELLOGIC data base. This need derives both from depositional facies differences and from spatial variations in deposit thicknesses. For example, an outwash sand and gravel deposit in a short-lived glacial spillway will typically be thin, while that found in a proglacial outwash plain that received sediments for a much longer period will be thick. The compiled geologic framework builds upon the Quaternary geology maps (Farrand and Bell, 1982a, 1982b), which were improved by blending their morphological information with lithological data from the STATSGO soil association data base using the glacial landsystems perspective, an holistic form of terrain evaluation that links surface geomorphology and subsurface materials in a landscape context.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.549667
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.075781
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.215229
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.632087
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Soils
Theme_Keyword: Geology
Theme_Keyword: Glacial
Theme_Keyword: Landsystems
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Michigan
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Access_Constraints: No restrictions on access
Use_Constraints: No restrictions on use
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services, Michigan State University
Contact_Person: David P. Lusch, Ph.D.
Contact_Position: Senior Research Specialist
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 517-355-8497
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 517-353-1821
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
Data_Set_Credit:
Michigan State University: Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services - Department of Geography
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5686
Data_Quality_Information:
Completeness_Report:
Data set digitized and cleaned to represent as closely as possible the source information.
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Michigan Natural Features Inventory and MI Dept of Natural Resources
Publication_Date: 19980101
Title: Quaternary Geology of Michigan
Edition: 2.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Lansing, MI
Publisher: MDNR
Source_Scale_Denominator: 0
Type_of_Source_Media: None
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Quaternary geology
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 19940101
Title: State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) data base for Michigan
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Online_Linkage: <URL:http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/stat_data.html>
Type_of_Source_Media: None
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: STATSGO
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Determine the dominant texture of the soil association polygons in the STATSGO data. The dominate soil texture and soil drainage class for each STATSGO data base record (i.e. MUID) were joined to the STATSGO soils map to develop a STATSGO soil texture map and a STATSGO drainage map. The processing was based on the Michigan Soil Management Group (Mokma, Whiteside and Schneider, 1974) and the component percent fields in the joined STATSGO data base. The vector polygons in this grouped texture map were dissolved on their texture group code to simplify the map.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David P. Lusch, Ph.D.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Reclassify the Quaternary geology maps (available in digital form) to extract just the surficial formations (i.e. moraine, till plain, outwash plain or lake plain). Four legend items on the Quaternary geology map ("Peat and muck", "Postglacial alluvium", "Artificial fill" and "Exposed bedrock surfaces") are not glacial surface formations per se and were coded <None> in the revised database. Two spatial edits were performed on the Quaternary geology map. All "Dune sand" polygons that did not share a boundary with the shoreline (i.e. inland dunes), as well as all "Water" polygons were flagged for removal. Using the Eliminate command in ArcGIS, the spaces originally occupied by the "inland dunes" and "Water" polygons were filled with the attribute of the adjacent formation with the longest common boundary. The "water" polygons were removed in order to avoid a difficult sliver polygon problem so that the water class from the STATSGO data (1:250,000) could be used.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David P. Lusch, Ph.D.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Using GIS overlay techniques, surface formations extracted from the Quaternary geology map were combined with soil texture groups that had been reclassified from the STATSGO data, based on the Michigan Soil Management Group protocol. The concatenated surface formations - generalized soil texture categories were grouped into glacial landsystems, as follows: Surface formation - soil texture class = Glacial Landsystem Moraine - Coarse = Ice-contact Outwash Moraine - Medium = Ice-marginal Till Moraine - Fine = Ice-marginal Till Moraine - Muck = Ice-marginal Till Moraine - Shallow Soil Over Bedrock = Ice-marginal Till Lake Plain - Coarse = Lacustrine Coarse Lake Plain - Medium = Lacustrine Fine Lake Plain - Fine = Lacustrine Fine Lake Plain - Muck = Lacustrine Fine Till Plain - Medium = Lodgement Till or Fine Supraglacial Drift Till Plain - Fine = Lodgement Till or Fine Supraglacial Drift Till Plain - Muck = Lodgement Till or Fine Supraglacial Drift Till Plain - Coarse = Proglacial Outwash Outwash Plain - Coarse = Proglacial Outwash Outwash Plain - Medium = Proglacial Outwash Outwash Plain - Fine = Proglacial Outwash Outwash Plain - Muck = Proglacial Outwash Outwash Plain - Shallow Soil Over Bedrock = Proglacial Outwash Dune Sand = Coastal Dunes Thin to Discontinuous Glacial Till Over Bedrock - "Any Soil Texture Class" = Thin Drift over Bedrock Lake Plain - Shallow Soil Over Bedrock = Thin Drift over Bedrock Till Plain - Shallow Soil Over Bedrock = Thin Drift over Bedrock "Any Surface Formation" - Bedrock = Bedrock The final glacial landsystems map was created using the Dissolve command in ArcGIS on the "Ldsystem" field.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David P. Lusch, Ph.D.
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
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Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 Hotine Oblique Mercator Azimuth Natural Origin
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Planar_Distance_Units: meter
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
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Entity_Type_Label: Reference.CSS_SDE_ADMIN.Glacial_Landsystems
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Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LDSYSTEM
Attribute_Definition:
Using GIS overlay techniques, surface formations extracted from the Quaternary geology map were combined with soil texture groups that had been reclassified from the STATSGO data, based on the Michigan Soil Management Group protocol. The concatenated surface formations and generalized soil texture categories were grouped into glacial landsystems.
Attribute_Definition_Source: MSU
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COUNT_
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Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services
Contact_Person: Justin M Booth
Contact_Position: Information Technology Professional
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing
Address: 1405 South Harrison, Room 308
City: East Lansing
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48823
Country: United States of America
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
Distribution_Liability:
The State of Michigan or the Ground Water Inventory and Mapping Project partnership assumes no liability for results or conclusions drawn from use of this data.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20170915
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services
Contact_Person: Justin M Booth
Contact_Position: Information Technology Professional
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing
Address: Geography Building, Michiagn State University
City: East Lansing
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48824
Country: United States of America
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 517-432-0446
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 517-353-1821
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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