Geological mapping of our world and others / edited by R. W. H. Butler, University of Aberdeen, UK, T. Torvela, University of Leeds, UK, and L. Williams, Rockhopper Exploration plc, UK.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butler, Robert W. H., editor.

Torvela, Taija, editor.

Williams, Laura M., 1972- editor.

Geological Society of London, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geological mapping.

Geological mapping--History.

Place of Publication:

Geological Society 2024

Summary:

From planetary surfaces to crystals and their boundaries, maps are fundamental tools for developing geological knowledge. This book spans not only these scales but also the history of earth science-exploring techniques and applications. It celebrates geological mapping in developing knowledge of Earth and planetary evolution and processes.

Contents:

An introduction to geological mapping of our world and others / Butler, R. W. H., Torvela, T. and Williams, L.

Personal essay on geological mapping / Dewey, J. F.

'Practically useful, scientifically important, and to the honour of the country': geological maps and services provided by the Geological Survey of Norway these past 165 years / Smelror, M.

The first mapping of the Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland: the progress of Peach, Horne and colleagues (1883-1936) / Butler, R. W. H.

The Alpi Apuane and their surroundings: a tale of the origins of modern Italian geological maps and of a missed 'early recognition' of nappes in the Apennines / Molli, G.

Global geological mapping of Venus and the twenty-first-century legacy of William Smith: identification of challenges and opportunities for future research and exploration / Head, J. W., Ivanov, M. A. and Basilevsky, A. T.

A hybrid geological map of Sibelius Crater on Mercury, and its associated ejecta and impact melt deposits / Canale, M., Wright, J. and Rothery, D. A.

Training the creation, visualization and interpretation of fault maps for the subsurface

using tectonic geomorphology / Butler, R. W. H.

Reconciling onshore and offshore geological mapping: lessons from north Cornwall, SW England / Craven, B. and Lloyd, G. E.

Superimposed brittle structures in polyorogenic contexts: Variscan and Alpine faults in the Duje Valley (Picos de Europa, Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain) / Gonzalo-Guerra, B., Heredia, N., Farias, P., García-Sansegundo, J. and Martín-González, F.

Textural mapping and building a paragenetic interpretation of hydrothermal veins / Webb, S., Torvela, T., Chapman, R. and Savastano, L.

Mapping intragranular microstructures in quartz: the significance of Dauphiné twinning / Lloyd, G. E.

SE Asia as part of Gondwana: a 1960s regional mapping project over Southern Thailand that lay behind the hypothesis / Ridd, M. F.

The myth of the Highland Cretaceous revealed by the art of palaeogeographic Mapping / Macdonald, D. I. M.

Mapping deformation: the map representation of geological structure/ Markwick, P. J., Paton, D. A. and Cavalcanti de Araújo, M. N.

Index.

ISBN:

1-78620-638-2

1-78620-606-4