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Appendix D Types of Geoscience Data and Collections
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... Rock cores Rock cuttings Sediment cores Sidewall cores Thin sections and polished sections Type stratigraphic sections 98 TABLE D-2 Examples of Derived and Indirect Geoscience Data Geophysical Data Paleomagnetic resistivity Potential fields Seismic data (hardcopy, films, digital) Seismic refraction 2-D and 3-D seismic reflection Surface & airborne data Velocity Vertical seismic profiles Well logs (paper, fiche, digital)
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