3D Geological Map of the World Clara Cardenas; Commission for the Geological Map of the World The Earth Geological Globe: a 3D geological map
Prof. Dr. Josep Antoni Herrera Sancho (PhD.EnD.MSc.LLM.MArch.MBLandArch)
Vice President IEP Institute. General Scientific Coordinator Regional Governments at Marine and Terrestrial Natural Parks of Barcelona (Garraf, Ordal, Olèrdola, Foix, Colls-Miralpeix, ...) (Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain)
https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2018/07/3d-geological-map-of-the-world
Integration of Geodynamic Data
In addition to chronostratigraphic and lithologic information, an extensive set of geodynamic data on the continents and in the oceans is featured, including:
The location of ‘Large Igneous Provinces’ (continental traps, ‘oceanic plateaus’) formed since the end of the Palaeozoic, with an indication of the mean age of the major volcanic episodes, which correspond to large magmatic pulses, and includes the extent of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province;
- The Meso-Cenozoic ophiolites that underline suture zones;
- The limit of the continental shelf (< 200m water depth) and the boundary between continental and oceanic crust;
- The axes of active mid-oceanic ridges marking the boundary between two divergent lithospheric plates;
- Subduction zones formed by the convergence of two plates with associated sedimentary accretionary prisms;
- Various submarine features such as seamounts, oceanic plateaus, and hotspot tracks illustrating the progression of the plates through time.
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6 年Notice the fundamental difference in age, geological texture and elevation between the continents and ocean basins. An alien intelligence scanning the earth would note these features are statistically bimodal. Oldest oceanic crust, Jurassic, oldest continental crust, Archaean.
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6 年Amazing visual resource