Under Geology Category in the GE Library Browser:  

California Groundwater Aquifers

Polygon overlay of groundwater aquifer locations in California. Based on data from the California Department of Water Resources.

Special Instructions

CTRL-Click on a colored area to see the name of the Aquifer and Sub-Basin. The file is about 5 megabytes so it might take a minute or two to load.

Original Data From:

California Department of Water Resources

KML Content Created By:

Matt Fox

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Bathymetric Map of Hawaiian Islands

Highly detailed bathymetric map overlay of the Hawaiian Islands. I masked out the actual islands so you don’t lose the aerial photography data in Google Earth.

Original Data By:

The Hawaii Coastal Geology Group

KML Content Created By:

Matt Fox

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Puget Sound Bathymetry

Very detailed bathymetric map of the southeastern part of the Puget Sound in Washington State.

For educational and personal use only.  Not to be used for real world navigation.

Original Data By:

Finlayson D.P. (2005) Combined bathymetry and topography of the Puget Lowland, Washington State. University of Washington,

http://www.ocean.washington.edu/data/pugetsound/

KML Content Created By:

Matt Fox

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Description:

These maps were produced by Robert L. Baskin and David V. Allen, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources from bathymetric data collected between 2002 and 2006.

You can download the original PDFs, the Open File Reports, and other information from these links.

Bathymetric Map of the South Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2005 Bathymetric Map of the North Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2006 Original Data From:

USGS

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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Description:

This collection contains 28 1×2 degree detailed geologic maps covering the entire state of California. These were produced in the 1960s and 1970s by the USGS and State of California.

Original Data From:

USGS and State of California

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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Description:

This Super Overlay contains the 1:2,500,000 scale Geologic Map for the United States produced by the USGS (King, Beikman and Edmonston) dated 1974. It does not include AK or HI. This is based on a 77 meg JPG produced by the USGS. The Google Earth version retains the quality and resolution of the original.

Click on this link for a text version of the legend Click on this link for a GIF version of the legend
Original Data From:

United States Geologic Survey
Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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