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Morphologic Structure, 1996
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 1996
- Title
- Morphologic Structure, 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_morphologic.zip
- Abstract
- Morphologic Structure, 1996 is a polygon theme representing morphostructure worldwide. Attribute information includes the morphologic type, group, class and subclass.
- Purpose
- For educational, non-commercial purposes. This dataset is appropriate for use in a GIS.
- Supplemental Information
- Morphostructure is the study of large or global landforms such as plains, highlands, ranges, plateaus, and tablelands. These landforms result from the historic interaction of endogenic and exogenic processes, with endogenic factors predominating. The largest morphostructural elements (geotectures) are (1) plain and platform areas, (2) orogens, and (3) marginal and intermontane troughs, which are transitional zones between the first two geotectures. Geotectures are classified into types, often based on their genesis.
- 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
- Morphologic structure
- Morphostructure
- Landforms
- Plains
- Highlands
- Ranges
- Plateaus
- Tablelands
- 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, MondayFriday
- 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
- G-polygon
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 4664
- 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
- m_struct
- 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
- AREA
- Area
- PERIMETER
- Perimeter
- SAMORFDD_
- South America
- SAMORFDD_I
- South America
- GROUP
- Group of morphostructure
- 0
- no group
- 1
- socle
- 2
- built on horizontal strata
- 3
- volcanic
- 4
- block and arch-block
- 5
- rift
- 6
- block
- 7
- fold-block
- 8
- block and fold-block
- 9
- fold
- 10
- degraded
- 11
- block
- 12
- fold-block
- 13
- fold
- 14
- fold-block and block
- 15
- structural
- 16
- volcanic
- TYPE
- Contains a code for the type of morphologic structure. (See code list in the overview description)
- SUBCLASS
- Subclass of morphostructure
- 0
- no subclass
- 1
- denudation and structurally controlled denudation plains and uplands
- 2
- erosion-deposition plains
- 3
- deposition plains
- 4
- erosion-deposition and deposition plains
- 5
- epiplatformian mountains
- 6
- epigeosyncline mountains rejuvenated by Cenozoic orogenesis
- 7
- epigeosyncline mountains built by Cenozoic orogenesis and volcanism
- 8
- epigeosyncline mountains built by Late Cenozoic orogenesis and volcanism
- CLASS
- Class of morphostructure
- 0
- no class
- 1
- platform plains
- 2
- orogenic zones
- 3
- marginal troughs and intermountain depressions
- NAMORFDD_
- North America
- NAMORFDD_I
- North America
- EUMORFDD_
- Europe
- EUMORFDD_I
- Europe
- AUMORFDD_
- Australia
- AUMORFDD_I
- Australia
- ASMORFDD_
- Asia
- ASMORFDD_I
- Asia
- AFMORFDD_
- Africa
- AFMORFDD_I
- Africa
- Entity and Attribute Overview
- Morphologic structure type codes Class 1. MORPHOSTRUCTURE OF PLATFORM PLAINS Subclass 1. Denudation and structurally controlled denudation plains and uplands Group 1. Socle (on deformed crystalline and metamorphic rocks of shields and elevations of folded basement) 1 low plains 2 middle plains 3 high plains 4 half-buried middle plains 5 tablelands 6 ridges 7 arch-block uplands, massifs, low mountains Group 2. Built on horizontal strata (on horizontal and gently inclined strata of sedimentary platform cover) 8 low plains 9 middle plains 10 high plains 11 plateaus (undifferentiated by altitude) 12 plateaus low and middle 14 plateaus high 15 stratified and step uplands 16 monocline plateaus and uplands Group 3. Volcanic 17 low trapp plateaus 18 middle step and degraded-table trapp plateaus 19 high step trapp plateaus and tablelands 20 step lava plateaus Subclass 2. Erosion-deposition (on horizontal sedimentary strata) plains 21 low 22 middle 23 high Subclass 3. Deposition plains 24 low 25 middle 26 high Subclass 4. Erosion-deposition (on horizontal sedimentary strata) and deposition plains 27 low 28 middle 29 low and middle 30 high 103 inland depressions Class 2. MORPHOSTRUCTURE OF OROGENIC ZONES Subclass 5. Epiplatformian mountains Group 4. Block and arch-block 31 very high plains 32 plateaus 33 tablelands 34 highlands 35 hills and uplands 36 low ranges and massifs 37 middle ranges and massifs 38 low and middle ranges and massifs (undifferentiated) 39 high and very high ranges and massifs 40 very large intermontane basins 41 denudation and structurally controlled denudation low plains 42 denudation and structurally controlled denudation middle plains 43 denudation and structurally controlled denudation high plains 44 volcanic massifs and plateaus, Pre-quaternary 45 volcanic massifs and plateaus, Recent Group 5. Rift 46 plains and plateaus 47 tablelands and highlands 48 low ranges 49 middle ranges 50 high ranges and massifs 51 ranges and massifs of different altitudes 52 grabens, intermontane basins Subclass 6. Epigeosyncline mountains rejuvenated by Cenozoic orogenesis Group 6. Block 53 low highlands 54 middle highlands 55 low ranges and massifs Group 7. Fold-block 56 tablelands 57 middle highlands 58 low ranges 59 middle ranges 60 high and very high ranges Group 8. Block and fold-block 61 low and middle ranges Group 9. Fold 62 low ranges 63 middle ranges Group 10. Degraded 64 uplands and hills 65 plateaus 66 intermontane basins Subclass 7. Epigeosyncline mountains, built by Cenozoic orogenesis and volcanis Group 11. Block 67 low ranges 68 middle ranges 69 low and middle ranges 70 high ranges 71 very high ranges Group 12. Fold-block 72 tablelands 73 highlands 74 low ranges 75 middle ranges 76 high and very high ranges Group 13. Fold 77 low ranges 78 middle ranges 79 high and very high ranges Group 14. Block and fold-block 80 low ranges 81 middle ranges Group 15. Structural 82 low plateaus 83 middle plateaus 84 high plateaus 85 denudation plains Group 16. Volcanic 86 middle plains 87 plateaus 88 highlands 89 ranges and massifs 90 intermontane basins Subclass 8. Epigeosyncline mountains, built by Late Cenozoic orogenesis and volcanism 91 volcanic highlands, plateaus, tablelands and massifs 92 low and middle ranges 93 high ranges 94 very high ranges 95 intermontane basins 104 Tectono-volcanic plateaus and massifs Class 3. MORPHOSTRUCTURE OF MARGINAL TROUGHS AND INTERMONTANE DEPRESSIONS 96 erosion-deposition (on horizontal sedimentary strata and deposition plains) 97 structurally controlled erosion plains and socle plains 98 structurally controlled erosion and erosion-deposition (on horizontal sedimentary strata) plateaus and plains 99 fold ranges of different altitudes 100 block ranges of different altitudes OTHER 101 volcanic islands 102 glaciers
- 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
