Lisa A. Morgan
2007
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Scientific Investigations Map
2973
Denver, Colorado
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2007/2973
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High-resolution multi-beam sonar mapping of Yellowstone Lake
was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in conjunction
with the National Park Service from 1999 to 2002. Yellowstone
Lake is the largest high-altitude lake in North America, at an
altitude of 2,357 m with a surface area of 341 km2 (sheet 1).
More than 140 rivers and streams flow into Yellowstone Lake.
The Yellowstone River, which enters at the southern end of the
Lake into the Southeast Arm (sheet 1), dominates the inflow of
water and sediment. The only outlet from the lake is at Fishing
Bridge where the Yellowstone River flows northward discharging
375 to 4,600 cubic feet per second.
Using the bathymetric and seismic data in addition to the high-
resolution aeromagnetic data acquired in 1996 and previous on-
land geologic mapping, a geologic map was prepared. Also various
bathymetric perspectives of the lake floor have been included in
sheet 2.
Map political location: Idaho, Montana, and Northwest Wyoming
Compilation scale: 1:76,821
Geology mapped: 1999-2002
Compilation completed: 2005
GEOSPATIAL DATAFILES AND OTHER FILES INCLUDED IN THIS DATA SET:
ysgeo: geologic units, line features.
ysvent: hydrothermal vents
ysflt: faults
ysdeco: symbols
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes
only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata
file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form,
as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some
ArcInfo-specific terminology.
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AGI Glossary of Geology
Geologic map
Quaternary and Tertiary lake deposits
Board of Geographic Names
USA
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Yellowstone caldera
West Thumb caldera
none
None. However, acknowledgment of the U.S.
Geological Survey would be appreciated in
products derived from these data.
Lisa A. Morgan
U.S. Geological Survey
Mailing address
USGS, Box 25406, MS 973, Denver Federal Center
Denver
Colorado
80225
USA
303-273-8646
303-273-8600
lmorgan@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2007/2973
Full-size version of map
PDF
Contributions from W.C. Pat Shanks, G.K. Lee, and M.W. Webring
Digital database prepared by Laurie Morath and Gregory Green
Bathymetric perspectives by Boris Schultze of SeaBeam_L-3
Communications.
Submersible piloted by David A. Lovalvo, Eastern Oceanics, LLC
Elak-L3 Communications for multi-beam data acquisition.
ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
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Multi-beam sonar mapping occurred over a four-year period beginning
in 1999 through 2002. The multi-beam swath-bathymetric surveys
employed a SeaBeam 1180 (180 kHz) instrument with a depth resolution
of <1 percent of the water depth. Water depth in the survey areas
varied from approximately 4 to 133 m. The multi-beam instrument used
126 beams arrayed over a 150 degree ensonification angle to map a
swath width of 7.4 times water depth. The new survey, with locations
controlled with <1 m both horizontally and vertically using
differential GPS, utilized more than 244 million soundings to produce
high-resolution continuous overlapping coverage of the lake's
bathymetry.
Seismic-reflection records of the upper 25 m of the lake bottom also
were obtained in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2003. The seismic reflection
profiling utilized an EdgeTech SB-216S, that sweeps a frequency range
from 2 to 10 kHz and has a beam angle of 15 degrees to 20 degrees.
Bothe the swath-unit transducer and the sub-bottom seismic unit were
rigidly mounted to the transom of the National Park Service RV "Cutthroat,"
an 8-m-long aluminum boat.
Data are complete: no features were eliminated or generalized.
Unit properties are described in the text explanation.
The multi-beam swath-bathymetric surveys employed a
SeaBeam 1180 (180 kHz) instrument with a depth resolution
of <1 percent of the water depth. The multi-beam instrument used
126 beams arrayed over a 150 degree ensonification angle to map a
swath width of 7.4 times water depth. The new survey, with locations
controlled with <1 m both horizontally and vertically using
differential GPS, utilized more than 244 million soundings to produce
high-resolution continuous overlapping coverage of the lake's
bathymetry.
Elak-L3 Communications interpreted multi-beam system operation,
data acquisition, and preliminary data processing.
2001
Vectorizing of scanned and georegistered
mylar geology was done using ArcInfo.
2007
Text map descriptors were added to the .AAT
and .PAT databases.
2007
First draft of metadata using FGDCMETA.AML
ver. 1.32 01/11/99
2007
The geospatial databases and metadata were
quality checked for completeness and consistency.
2007
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The complete geologic map database comprises two component
ArcInfo coverages (ysgeo and ysflt). The ysgeo
coverage contains all contact lines and label points for
each of the map polygons. Ysflt coverage includes
fault and caldera lines.
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> 17 UNIT_SYMBOL 10 10 C -
> 27 UNIT NAME 100 100 C -
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>ATTRIBUTE NAMES: UNIT, DESCRIPTION
>
>DESCRIPTION OF ATTRIBUTES:
>UNIT: label given to polygons representing name of geologic
> entities as defined in Description of Map Units
>DESCRIPTION: Brief geologic explanation of unit with age
>
>UNIQUE ITEM LIST FOR YSGEO.PAT:
>
>UNIT DESCRIPTION
>Qg Glacial deposits (Quaternary)
>Qg(?) Glacial(?) deposits (Quaternary)
>Qh Hydrothermal deposits (Quaternary)
>Qhe Hydrothermal-explosion deposits (Quaternary)
>Ql Shallow-lake sediments (Quaternary)
>Qld Deep-lake sediments (Quaternary)
>Qls Landslide deposits (Quaternary)
>Qpca Aster Creek rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
>Qpcd Dry Creek rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
>Qpce Elephant Back rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
>Qpci Tuff of Bluff Point (Quaternary)
>Qpcpv Pelican Creek rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
>Qpcu Spruce Creek rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
>Qpcw West Thumb rhyolite flow (Quaternary)
>Qs Sediments (Quaternary)
>Qt Talus and slope deposits (Quaternary)
>Qyl Lava Creek tuff (Quaternary)
>Tv Tertiary volcanic rocks, undifferentiated (Tertiary)
>Water Water
>pE Pre-Eocene rocks, undifferentiated
>QTplc Pre-Lava Creek rhyolites, undifferentiated (Quaternary
and Tertiary)
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>
>DESCRIPTION OF ATTRIBUTE:
>DESCRIPTION: Brief geologic description of line type taken
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>
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>Fracture or Fault, certain
>Fracture or Fault, concealed
>Fracture or Fault, inferred
>Ice Cap contour
>Submerged shoreline
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>ATTRIBUTE NAMES: DESCRIPTION
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>DESCRIPTION OF ATTRIBUTE:
>DESCRIPTION: Brief geologic description of line type taken
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>UNIQUE ITEM LIST FOR YSGEO.AAT
>
>DESCRIPTION
>Contact
>Map border
>Shoreline
>Underwater contact
>Yellowstone Lake shoreline
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U.S. Geological Survey
Mailing address
Denver Publishing Service Center
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 902, Box 25046, DFC
Denver
Colorado
80225-0046
USA
303-236-5486
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey,
U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied
is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the
data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty,
and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in
the use of this data, software, or related materials.
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mailing address
USGS Information Services
Denver Federal Center
Box 25286
Denver
Colorado
80225-0046
USA
1-888-ASK-USGS
Scientific Investigations Map 2973
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2007
U.S. Geological Survey
Lisa A. Morgan
mailing address
Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center
Denver
Colorado
80225-0046
USA
303-273-8646
303-273-8600
lmorgan@usgs.gov
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>Hydrothermal vents mapped in Yellowstone Lake, downloaded in December 2019 from U. S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2973</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Morgan, L.A., Shanks, W.C., Lee, G.K., and Webring, M.W., 2007, Bathymetry and geology of the floor of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2973, 2 sheets.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2007/2973/
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