Database for the geologic map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park region, Tennessee and North Carolina

The geologic map database of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park region of Tennessee and North Carolina is a result from studies from 1993 to 2003 as part of a cooperative investigation by the U.S. Geological Survey with the National Park Service (NPS). This work resulted in a 1:100,000-scale geologic map derived from mapping that was conducted at scales of 1:24,000 and 1:62,500. The geologic data are intended to support cooperative investigations with the NPS, the development of a new soil map by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. In response to a request by the NPS, we mapped previously unstudied areas, revised the geology where problems existed, and developed a map database for use in interdisciplinary research, land management, and interpretive programs for park visitors.

田纳西州与北卡罗来纳州境内大雾山国家公园区域地质图数据库，是1993年至2003年间由美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey）与国家公园管理局（National Park Service，NPS）合作开展调查研究的成果。本次工作依托1:24000与1:62500比例尺的野外地质填图，最终生成了1:100000比例尺的正式地质图。本地质数据集旨在支撑与国家公园管理局的合作调查、美国自然资源保护服务局（Natural Resources Conservation Service）全新土壤图的编制工作，以及全类群生物多样性清查（All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory）项目。应国家公园管理局的请求，研究团队对此前未开展过地质调查的区域进行了填图，针对存在问题的地质内容完成修订，并构建了可用于跨学科研究、土地管理以及面向公园游客的科普解说项目的地图数据库。