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Peucker-Ehrenbrink & Miller 2002
Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B. and Miller, M.W. (2002). Quantitative bedrock geology of the conterminous United States of America. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 3: doi: 10.1029/2002GC000366. issn: 1525-2027.

We quantitatively analyze the area-age distribution of bedrock based on data from the most recent geologic map of the conterminous United States of America <King and Beikman, 1974a, 1974b>, made available in digital form by the United States Geologic Survey. The area-age distribution agrees surprisingly well with older data <Higgs, 1949> but provides much higher temporal resolution. The mean stratigraphic age of all sedimentary bedrock is ~134 Myr; that of Tertiary-Cambrian sediments is ~104 Myr. The analysis also reveals area coverage of some minor lithologies, such as ultramafic rocks that cover ~0.15% of the conterminous United States. Area coverage of 162 lithostratigraphic units is made available as an Excel data sheet.

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Keywords
Geochemistry, Composition of the crust, Global Change, Solid Earth, Information Related to Geographic Region, North America, Information Related to Geologic Time, General or miscellaneous
Journal
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Publisher
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