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  5. Geologic mapping

Maps & Atlases

This subject guide looks at finding different maps and atlases throughout our collections. This is not an exhaustive list, but the guide does list various examples of resources within each section.
  • Introduction
  • Understanding maps
  • World atlases
  • Subject atlases
  • Finding maps
  • Topographic maps
  • Find maps online This link opens in a new window
  • Find outline maps
  • Fire insurance maps
  • Census maps
  • Geologic mapping
  • History through maps
  • Environmental mapping
  • Map humor
  • Evans Map Room
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  • Google Earth & Maps
  • Digital Mapping
  • Map mashups
  • Cartography
  • Citing cartographic information
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Map Librarian

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Subjects: Film and Media Studies, Geography, Polar Studies

Other library resource(s)

  • Dynamic digital maps: a Macintosh CD-ROM by Chris Condit
    • DVD
    Call Number: Baker-Berry QE 36 .C66 2000
  • Geologic map of Virginia, 1993: digital representation of the 1993 geologic map of Virginia by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Division of Mineral Resources.
    • DVD
    Call Number: Evans Map Room CD-ROM G 3881 .C5 2003 .V5 1993 c.2
    The digital data files are an extension of the original version of the 1993 geologic map ...

Selected geologic maps in the Library's collections

  • Geological map of the world, scale 1:50 000 000 by Ph. Bouysse
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Evans Map Room G 3201 .C5 2002 .B6
    A geologic map of the world on 3 sheets.
  • Tektonicheska︠i︡a karta ︠t︡sentral'nogo i ︠i︡ugozapadnogo Afganistana = Tectonic map of Central and Southwestern Afghanistan by V.I. Dronov... et al., comps.
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Evans Map Room G 7631 .C55 1973 .T42
  • Cross section of the eastern Aleutian Arc from Mount Spurr to the Aleutian Trench near Middleton Island, Alaska by George Plafker ... [et al.]
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Evans Map Room G 4372 .A4 C5 1982 .P52
  • Antarctic geologic map by U. S. Geological Survey
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Evans Map Room G 9801 .C5 s250 .G46
    For specific holdings, please contact the Evans Map Room.
  • Geological map of the Caribbean by A. Mascle and P. Letouzey with the collaboration of B. Biju-Duval, B. Becue and T. Rossi and the participation of IFREMER, ELF-Aquitaine and TOTAL-Companie française des pétroles
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Evans Map Room G 4391 .C5 1990 .M37 sheets 1 - 2
  • Geology and resource assessment of Costa Rica at 1:500,000 scale a digital representation of maps of the U.S. Geological Survey's 1987 folio I-1865 by Paul G. Schruben
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    Call Number: eBook
    In 1986 and 1987, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Dirección General de Geología, Minas e Hidrocarburos, and the Universidad de Costa Rica conducted a mineral-resource assessment of the Republic of Costa Rica. The results were published as a large 80- by 50-cm color folio (U.S. Geological Survey and others, 1987). ...

Books on geologic mapping

These resources handle geologic mapping exclusively. You will find various resources and examples of geologic maps stored in the Evans Map Room.

  • Cover artThe map that changed the world: William Smith and the birth of modern geology by Simon Winchester
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry QE 22 .S6 W55 2001
    ISBN: 9780060193614
    This is the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately became the father of modern geology. In 1793 William Smith, a canal digger, made a startling discovery that was to turn the fledgling science of the history of the earth -- and a central plank of established Christian religion -- on its head. He noticed that the rocks he was excavating were arranged in layers; more important, he could see quite clearly that the fossils found in one layer were very different from those found in another. ...
  • Cover artAn Introduction to geological structures and maps by George M. Bennison; Keith A. Moseley
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry QE 601.2 .B46 2003
    ISBN: 9780340809563
    Publication Date: 7th ed.
    A concise text that leads students in easy stages from the simplest ideas on geological structures right through to more advanced geological mapping technique.
  • Cover artBasic geological mapping by Richard J. Lisle; Peter Brabham; John W. Barnes
    • On Campus or VPN
    • E-Book
    Call Number: eBook
    ISBN: 9780470686348
    Basic Geological Mapping is an essential basic guide to field techniques in mapping geology. Now completely revised and updated, the book retains the concise clarity which has made it an indispensable instant reference in its previous editions. It provides the reader with all the necessary practical information and techniques that they will need while carrying out work in the field, covering a wide spectrum of different conditions, needs and types of countries. ...
  • Cover artUnderstanding geology through maps by Graham Borradaile
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry QE 36 .B67 2014
    ISBN: 9780128008669
    Understanding Geology through Maps guides young professional geologists and students alike in understanding and interpreting the world's dynamic and varying geological landscapes through the liberal use of visual aids including figures, maps, and diagrams.

Preliminary Integrated Geologic Map Databases of the United States

These Open-File Reports represent one preliminary parts of a larger planned series of integrated geologic databases that will ultimately be available for the entire United States.  These interim versions are being released now in order to provide ready access to standardized geologic data for use in regional analyses and to meet product distribution goals. The final compilation of these state databases will allow integration of the data that are found on state-scale geologic maps, presented in a uniform database structure.

  • Northeast States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont
    • Link
  • Mid-Atlantic States: Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
    • Link
  • Southeastern States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina
    • Link
  • Mid-Western States: Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia
    • Link
  • Upper Mid-West States: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana
    • Link
  • Central States: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana
    • Link
  • Western States: California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah
    • Link

Internet resource(s)

  • U. S. Geological Survey logo
    Database of the Geologic Map of North America
    • Link
    The Geological Society of America’s (GSA) Geologic Map of North America (Reed and others, 2005; 1:5,000,000) shows the geology of a significantly large area of the Earth, centered on North and Central America and including the submarine geology of parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  • U. S. Geological Survey logo
    Map Database for Surficial Materials in the Conterminous United States
    • Link
    For the conterminous United States, a map by Soller and Reheis (2004, scale 1:5,000,000 shows these sediments and the weathered, residual material; for ease of discussion, these are referred to as "surficial materials."
  • National Geologic Map Database logo
    National Geologic Map Database
    • Link
    This Portal is intended to give users a quick, integrated, browse-and-query "glimpse" of map data published by many agencies, and to direct them to the source information.
  • Canadian Maple leaf
    GEOSCAN
    • Link
    GEOSCAN is the bibliographic database for scientific publications of the Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) of Natural Resources Canada. GEOSCAN also provides links to publications available online or for free download (GeoPub and MIRAGE), ...
  • U. S. Geological Survey logo
    USGS Publications Warehouse Database
    • Link
    The USGS publishes many reports on the geology of the United States. The reports usually include a map or maps. If the report is online, the map or maps are also online.
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