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World Faults, 1996

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Publication Date
1996
Title
World Faults, 1996
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
ArcAtlas
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, Calif.
Publisher
ESRI
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_1996_world_faults.zip
Abstract
Faults is a polyline theme representing fault lines worldwide.
Purpose
For educational, non-commercial purposes. This dataset is appropriate for use in a GIS.
Supplemental Information
A fault, also known as a disjunctive dislocation, is a break in the continuity of a geological formation. Faults can be formed when the earth's crust is compressed or stretched. They vary greatly in size, both in length and depth. Faults are classified according to the type and direction of movement of the rocks on either side of the fault. For example, a fault along which no appreciable movement has occurred is called a joint. Faults with appreciable movement include vertical faults, thrust faults, transcurrent faults, and displacements. A thrust fault usually has a gently sloping shift (45 to 60 degrees). A very gently sloping thrust with overlap of tens or hundreds of kilometers is called a tectonic or overthrust sheet. Faults caused by stretching of the earth's crust frequently result in the subsidence of one block and the uplift of another block along the plane of fracture. These are called vertical or inclined faults. Large linear tectonic structures formed by horizontal stretching are called rifts. They usually form in association with vast, arched uplifting. Rifts can be thousands of kilometers long and hundreds of kilometers wide. A very large rift is called a rift belt or zone, such as the east African rift zone or the Baykal rift zone. Some faults incise the earth's crust and reach the earth's upper mantle. These are called deep faults and are typically hundreds or thousands of kilometers long, as much as 700 kilometers deep, and from several hundred meters to tens of kilometers wide. Deep faults are ancient. They bound large blocks of the earth's crust and have different structures and developments. Two types of faults are shown on the maps. They are (1) faults created by the dislocation of rocks that define the geological structures of the continents and (2) faults created by the morphology of the present-day relief and morphostructure. The first ones include tectonic contacts and thrust-faults; they are displayed and interpreted with the Structural Geology. The second ones include steps and rifts: they are displayed and interpreted with Morphostructure maps. As a rule, the first type of faults are ancient structures, while those revealed by relief are comparatively young structures that appeared during the neotectonic stage of the earth's evolution (mostly in the Neogene and Quaternary periods).
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1996
Bounding Box
West
-180
East
180
North
85
South
-85
Theme Keyword
geoscientificinformation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
Faults
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
Earth
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
1996
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
ESRI
Delivery Point
380 New York Street
City
Redlands
State
California
Postal Code
92373-8100
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
909-793-2853
Contact Facsimile Telephone
909-793-5953
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@esri.com
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
String
Point and Vector Object Count
4441
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000000
Longitude Resolution
0.000000
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_Clarke_1866
Ellipsoid Name
Clarke 1866
Semi-major Axis
6378206.400000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
294.978698
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
faults
Entity Type Definition
Faults
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
FNODE_
From Node
TNODE_
To node
LPOLY_
Left polygon
RPOLY_
Right polygon
LENGTH
Length
AFFALSDD_
Africa
AFFALSDD_I
Africa
TYPE
The type of the fault
ASFALSDD_
Africa
ASFALSDD_I
Africa
AUFALSDD_
Australia
AUFALSDD_I
Australia
EUFALSDD_
Europe
EUFALSDD_I
Europe
NAFALSDD_
North America
NAFALSDD_I
North America
SAFALSDD_
South America
SAFALSDD_I
South America
Distribution Information
Format Name
geopackage
Distributor
ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090701
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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