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    A geologic map or geological map is a special-purpose map made to show various geological features. Rock units or geologic strata are shown by color or...
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    Cadastral map Climatic map Geologic map Historical map Linguistic map Nautical map Physical map Political map Relief map Resource map Road map Star map Street...
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    define divisions of geologic time. The chronostratigraphic divisions are in turn used to define geochronologic units. The geologic time scale is a way...
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    world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered...
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    often known as Quaternary geology, after the Quaternary period of geologic history, which is the most recent period of geologic time. Magma is the original...
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    Bedrock (redirect from Subsurface (geology))
    experience subsurface weathering at its upper boundary, forming saprolite. A geologic map of an area will usually show the distribution of differing bedrock types...
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  • Geologic mapping of Georgia is the creation of geologic maps—special-purpose maps made to show geological features—of the State of Georgia in the United...
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    Stratum (redirect from Strata (geology))
    Mexico Archaeological horizon Bed (geology) Geological formation Geologic map Geologic unit Lamination (geology) Law of superposition Salvador, A. ed...
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    began to shift towards the gathering of basic geologic information. In 1938 a new 1:500,000-scale geologic map was published. During the 1940s and 1950s,...
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    Geologic modelling, geological modelling or geomodelling is the applied science of creating computerized representations of portions of the Earth's crust...
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    published a map of the United States in 1850. The National Program for Topographic Mapping was initiated in 1884 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)...
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    A geologic province is a spatial entity with common geologic attributes. A province may include a single dominant structural element such as a basin or...
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  • Michael; Trent M., Hare. "Geologic map of Mars". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 July 2023. García-Arnay, Ángel (2023). "Geologic map of the Terra Cimmeria-Nepenthes...
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    correlate geologic strata across wide distances between outcrops and exposures of rock strata. Formations were at first described as the essential geologic time...
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    Contour line (redirect from Contour map)
    label placement. Aeronautical chart Bathymetry Dymaxion map Fall line (topography) Geologic map Marching squares Planform Tensor field TERCOM Courant,...
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  • Thumbnail for Topographic map
    In modern mapping, a topographic map or topographic sheet is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief...
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    remaining glaciers in Yosemite National Park. Biography portal Geology portal Geologic map of Georgia Chisholm 1911. Bantu, Richard E. (1948). "New Harmony's...
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  • Thumbnail for Commission for the Geological Map of the World
    The Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW or CCGM in French) is an international association in the field of geology. Its main role is the...
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    gravitational field strength, to present data in analogous formats to a geologic map. Gravity maps, in a 'heat' context, typically represent intensity being representative...
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  • Thumbnail for Strike and dip
    In geology, strike and dip is a measurement convention used to describe the plane orientation or attitude of a planar geologic feature. A feature's strike...
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    A cross section or cross-section, in geology, is a diagram representing the geologic features intersecting a vertical plane, and is used to illustrate...
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  • Map that Changed the World is a 2001 book by Simon Winchester about English geologist William Smith and his great achievement, the first geological map...
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    where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface. A fault trace is also the line commonly plotted on geologic maps to represent a fault. A fault zone...
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    cultural regions began to appear in the 19th Century. The first known geologic map of surficial rock types was published by Jean-Étienne Guettard and Philippe...
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    Carr, M. H. (1978). Geologic Map of Mars. Reston, Virginia: United States Geological Survey. Miscellaneous Investigations Set Map 1-1083. Czechowski,...
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    K. D. (2002), "Geologic Map of Washington – Northwest Quadrant" (PDF), Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Geologic Map GM-50, 3 sheets...
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    above lunar geologic time scale in that the Cryptic and Basin Groups 1–9 (both of which are only informal terms that are not used in geologic maps) comprise...
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  • 1973. Geologic map and mineral resources summary of the Bat Cave quadrangle, North Carolina. North Carolina Geological Survey, Geologic Map - 7.5-minute...
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  • Thumbnail for Homestake Mine (South Dakota)
    : J36  Gold production and ore ledge discovery: J4–J8  Geologic map of the Black Hills Geologic cross section. The Homestake Formation has been deformed...
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    Kelvin W. "Geologic Map of New Castle County, Delaware" (PDF). Delaware Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 May 2019. Ramsey, Kelvin W. "Geologic Map of New Castle...
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