{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Anjana K. Shah", "hasEmail": "mailto:ashah@usgs.gov"}, "description": "We present a numeric grid containing estimates of the thickness of unconsolidated sediments for the western United States. Values for these grids were combined and integrated from previous studies or derived directly from gravity analyses. The grids are provided with 1-km grid-node spacing in WGS84 latitude-longitude coordinates. Detailed information regarding the derivation of these estimates is provided by Shah, A.K, and Boyd, O.S., 2018, Depth to basement and thickness of unconsolidated sediments for the western United States - Initial estimates for layers of the U.S. Geological Survey National Crustal Model: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018-1115, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181115.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z6RC5L", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5b0d85d4e4b0c39c934b0420.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_5b0d85d4e4b0c39c934b0420", "keyword": ["Arizona", "CGGSC", "California", "Colorado", "GHSC", "Geologic Hazards Science Center", "Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center", "Idaho", "Kansas", "Montana", "National Crustal Model", "Nebraska (west)", "Nevada", "New Mexico", "North Dakota (west)", "Oklahoma (panhandle)", "Oregon", "South Dakota (west)", "Texas (west)", "USGS:5b0d85d4e4b0c39c934b0420", "Washington", "Western United States", "Wyoming", "basins", "earthquake response", "earthquakes", "geoscientificInformation", "gravity", "hazards", "regional study", "sediments", "three-dimensional mapping", "unconsolidated sediments"], "modified": "2025-09-03T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-124.71, 27.312, -99.48, 49.00", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Thickness of unconsolidated sediments for the USGS National Crustal Model"}