Geological Map Of The World: Geology And Structure (3-sheet Set)

Product Description

A larger scale version of the Geological Map of the World
- Sheet 2, by the CGMW, with the same content of geology & structure eg. faults & thrust fronts, but with enhanced legibility. This is a folded version in 3 separate, adjoining sheets & is also accompanied by the same booklet of extensive explanatory notes as provided with the smaller scale edition. Onshore geology is grouped into 8 broad geological time slices, for 3 lithological facies: sedimentary, extrusive volcanic & endogenous (plutonic & metamorphic). Also depicted are glaciers, large igneous provinces formed from magmatic outpourings, & ophiolites
- oceanic crust remnants which remain exposed. An approximate boundary is drawn to separate the continental crust from the oceanic crust, & for the latter the geology is grouped into 9 geological time slices. Throughout the map major faults (including motion of transform faults), mid-oceanic ridge axes, subduction zones & thrust fronts are marked. Other features indicated include oceanic plateaus, diffuse plate boundaries & hotspots. The main map is on a Mercator projection (1:25, 000, 000), with the two polar areas on stereographic projections (1:23, 000, 000). Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10