Geophysical Characteristics of the Conterminous United States: Lithology - Major Oxides Data

This workbook summarizes geochemical data for each lithology contained within the USGS Preliminary Integrated Geologic Map Databases for the United States (Open File Reports 2004-1355, 2005-1305, 2005-1323, 2005-1324, 2005-1325, 2005-1351, and 2006-1272). The geochemical attributes in the “Lith Summary” spreadsheet (tab) are measures of central tendency for all whole rock analyses publically available at the time of creation for 279 lithologies, reported as percent oxide. Further details on how data were summarized and sources for geochemical data are contained in the “ReadMe” spreadsheet (tab).