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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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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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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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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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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Cartography of the United States (redirect from Map of florida)
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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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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William Maclure (section Geological map)
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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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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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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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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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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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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Strike and dip (redirect from Strike (geology))
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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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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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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A thematic map is a type of map that portrays the geographic pattern of a particular subject matter (theme) in a geographic area. This usually involves...
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Chimney Rock, North Carolina (section Geology)
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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Puget Sound faults (section Geological setting)
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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Homestake Mine (South Dakota) (section Geology)
: 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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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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Blackbird Creek (Delaware) (section Maps)
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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