Geologic Resources Inventory Publications
The NPS produces the following three publications as part of the NPS Geologic Resources Inventory Program: Scoping Summaries, Geologic Reports, and Digital Geologic Maps.
Scoping Summaries
Scoping summaries detail the results of meetings held with parks to discuss existing geologic map coverage, geologic features and processes of significance, and geologic resource related issues of concern to park managers. Most scoping meetings are held for individual parks. However, sometimes it is more efficient to hold meetings for groups of parks based on geographic location. In such cases, the scoping meetings and summary documents may cover multiple parks.
Geologic Reports
Geologic Resources Inventory Report Covers
Geologic reports are prepared following the preparation of a scoping summary. These detailed reports identify geologic features and processes that are important to park ecosystems and management, the impact human activities have on geologic features and processes, key resource management challenges and possible solutions, geologic research and monitoring needs, and opportunities for education and interpretation in individual parks. In addition geologic reports provide a brief geologic history of the park and address specific geologic formation properties thus providing a critical link between the digital geologic map and the resource manager.
Digital Geologic Maps
Digital geologic maps prepared as part of the GRI program can be downloaded from the NPS inventory and monitoring web site: http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/. In order to retrieve digital geologic maps from this site you must choose the type of search to be performed (Online Data) choose the name of the park you are interested in from a pick-list, and choose Geology as the Category. All geologic map themes are available in ESRI coverage or shapefile format. You will need a Geographic Information System in order to utilize these file types. This page lets you know which parks have digital geologic maps available.
For ease of reference all publications are listed alphabetically below by park.A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z