Connecticut Bedrock Geology Polygon Terrane Code Lookup Table

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This data table lists the valid values for the TERRB_COD and TERR_BNDRY data fields in the Connecticut Bedrock Geology Polygon (BEDROCK_GEOLOGY_POLY) feature class.

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   State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (data compiler, editor and publisher), 20100701, Connecticut Bedrock Geology Polygon Terrane Code Lookup Table: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
   
   
   Online links:

   • http://www.ct.gov/deep

   
   
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   Calendar date: 20100701
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   Connecticut Bedrock Geology Polygon Terrane Code Lookup Table

    (Source: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection)

   
   

   OBJECTID

   Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)
                     

   
   

   Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   
   

   TERR_COD

   Terrane Code - A geologic terrane code (alphanumeric) that denotes the map unit's associated geologic terrane. (Source: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection)
                     

   
   

   Value	Definition
   0	Fault Related Rocks
   1	Newark Terrane / Hartford and Pomperaug Mesozoic Basins
   2a	Proto-North American (Continental) Terrane / Ordovician and Cambrian Shelf Sequence
   2b	Proto-North American (Continental) Terrane / Proterozoic Massifs - "Grenville"
   3a	Iapetos (Oceanic) Terrane / Connecticut Valley Synclinorium
   3a/3b	Iapetos (Oceanic) Terrane / Connecticut Valley Synclinorium and Bronson Hill Anticlinorium
   3a/om	Iapetos (Oceanic) Terrane / Connecticut Valley Synclinorium / Orange Milford Belt
   3b	Iapetos (Oceanic) Terrane / Bronson Hill Anticlinorium
   3c	Iapetos (Oceanic) Terrane / Merrimack Synclinorium
   3d	Proto-North American (Continental) Terrane / Taconic Allochthons (Displaced Iapetos Terrane)
   4	Avalonian (Continental) Terrane / Avalonian Anticlinorium
   99	Unmapped

   
   

   TERRANE

   Geologic Terrane - provides the explanation of the geologic terrane code. TERRANE is the English Equivalent of (decodes) the TERR_COD field. (Source: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection)
                     

   
   

   See Enumerated Domain Value Definitions for TERR_COD attribute.

   
   

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Decodes the numeric values of the TERRB_COD field into the English language (text) equivalent values of the corresponding TERR_BNDRY field.

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Connecticut Bedrock Geology Polygon Terrane Code Lookup Table


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Although this data set  has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials.  The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata.


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