Geological
Maps in the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, Pakistan Himalaya, Tibetan Himalaya, Tibetan Plateau
[Google
Earth kmz
file showing map locations]
Some of these formed part of the MS thesis or PhD dissertation
of the authors of these maps in the Department of Geological
Sciences at the University at Albany; most are from NSF-funded
projects.
Switzerland
Sengor, A.M.C., 1982. The geology of the Albula Pass area, eastern
Switzerland in its Tethyan setting: Palaeo-Tethyan factor in
Neo-Tethyan opening. (PhD
-
abstract)
Plate 1 - Geological
Map of the Albula Pass Area (Switzerland)
uncoloured
geological map, scale 1:10,000 - pdf file 2.3 MB [map
position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Plate 6 - uncoloured outcrop
and index map, scale 1:10,000 - pdf file 0.6 MB
Outcrop
and Index Map of the Albula Pass Area
Plate 3 - uncoloured tectonic
map, scale 1:10,000 - pdf file 0.8 MB
Tectonic
Map of the Albula Pass Area
Plate 4 - uncoloured
geological cross-sections, 1:10,000, vert. ex. 2x - pdf file 1.1 MB
Geological
Cross-Sections of the Albula Pass Area
Plate 2 -
uncoloured stratigraphic chart (scale 1:2500) - pdf file 0.6 MB
Stratigraphic Synopsis of the Albula Pass Area
Plate 5 - uncoloured
stratigraphic chart (scale 1:100) - pdf file 0.6 MB
Stratigraphy of the base of the Aela Nappe in the
Albula Pass
Greece
Marsellos, A.E., 2006. Mapping of a detachment fault in Kythera
Island and study of the related structural shear sense indicators. (MS
- abstract)
Plate 1 - Geological
Map of the Detachment Fault of the north area of Kythera Island
(coloured geological map;
scale 1:15,000) - 8.6MB pdf file [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Marsellos, A.E., 2008. Extension and exhumation of the Hellenic
forearc; and radiation damage in zircons. (PhD
- abstract)
Plate A - Structural
map of the Phyllite-Quartzite Unit of central Peloponnese [map
position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
(coloured map of structural
and cooling age data on topographic base; scale 1:126,500) - 3.2MB
pdf file
Plate B - Structural
map of the Phyllite-Quartzite Unit of southern Peloponnese
[map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
(coloured map of structural
and cooling age data on topographic base; scale 1:46,000) - 1.3MB
pdf file
Plate C - Geological
map of northern Kythera Island with structural and cooling
age data [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
(coloured geological map with
structural and cooling age data on topographic base; scale 1:15,000)
- 4.3MB pdf file
Plate D - Structural
map of the Phyllite-Quartzite Unit of western Crete [map
position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
(coloured map of structural
and cooling age data on topographic base; scale 1:68,000) - 1.9MB
pdf file
Turkey
Ach, J.A., 1982. The Petrochemistry of the Ankara Volcanics, Central
Turkey. (MS
- abstract)
Plate 1 - Generalized
geology and sample locations, Ankara region, Turkey
(uncoloured geological map, scale 1: 50,000) [map
position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Hempton, M.R., 1982. Structure of the northern margin of the Bitlis
Suture Zone near Sivrice, southeastern Turkey (PhD
-
abstract)
Plate 1A - Geological
map
of
the
Sivrice area, SE Turkey (~1:10,000 scale) - Map part A
(uncoloured geological outcrop map) 6.1MB pdf file
Plate 1B - Geological
map
of
the Sivrice area, SE Turkey (~1:10,000 scale) - Map part B
(uncoloured geological outcrop map) 6.4MB pdf file
Plate 1C - Geological
map
of
the
Sivrice
area,
SE Turkey (~1:10,000 scale) - Map part C (uncoloured
geological outcrop map) 3.7MB pdf file
Plate 1D - Geological
map
of
the
Sivrice
area,
SE Turkey (~1:10,000 scale) - Map legend (uncoloured
geological map legend) 1.4MB pdf file
Plate E - Geological
map
of
the
Sivrice
area,
SE Turkey (~1:10,000 scale) - Cross Sections (uncoloured
geological cross sections) 1MB pdf file
Plate F - Geology
of
Hacibat
Peninsula,
Lake
Hazar,
SE Turkey (coloured outcrop geological map; scale 1:1000)
9.1MB pdf file
[map positions Google Earth - mapA kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon; mapB kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon; mapC kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
[Hacibat peninsula map kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Savci, G., 1983. Structure and Tectonics of the Keban Metamorphics
in the northern margin of the Bitlis Suture Zone, Southeastern
Turkey. (MS
- abstract)
Plate
1
- Geological Map of Keban area (uncoloured geological map,
scale 1: 10,000) [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Pakistan Himalaya
Kidd, W.S.F. (compiler), 2000. Nanga
Parbat-Haramosh
Massif - Geological Map
(coloured outcrop/structural geological
map; scale 1:100,000) [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Edwards, M.A., and W.S.F. Kidd, 2000. Geologic
map of outcrops in southern Nanga Parbat - Haramosh massif
(coloured outcrop geological map; scale
1:75,000) [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
- see also Edwards, M. A., 1998. Examples
of tectonic mechanisms for local contraction and exhumation of the
leading edge of India:
Southern Tibet (28-29°N; 89-91
°E) and Nanga Parbat, Pakistan. (PhD
-
abstract)
Tibetan Himalaya
Edwards, M.A., 1998. Geologic
map of Yamdrok portion of INDEPTH II seismic traverse
(coloured geological map;
scale ~1:143,500) [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
- see also Edwards, M. A., 1998. Examples
of tectonic mechanisms for local contraction and exhumation of the
leading edge of India:
Southern Tibet (28-29°N; 89-91
°E) and Nanga Parbat, Pakistan. (PhD
-
abstract)
Lim, C., 2007. Late structures and strain history accompanying fluid
flows in the western Taconic Orogen of the New York-Vermont
Appalachians, and Structural geology and tectonic evolution of the
Namche Barwa region, Tibet. (PhD
- abstract)
Plate 2 - Structural
map of foliation and lineation orientation in the region of Namche
Barwa and Gyala Peri, SE Tibet
(coloured map and
stereographic diagrams; map at scale of 1:1million) - 1MB pdf file
Plate 3 - Structural
map of slickenside and slickenline orientation in the region of
Namche Barwa and Gyala Peri, SE Tibet
(coloured map and
stereographic diagrams; map at scale ~1:870,000) - 1.1MB pdf file
Plate 4 - Structural
map of fold hinge orientation in the region of Namche Barwa and
Gyala Peri, SE Tibet
(coloured map and
stereographic diagrams; map at scale ~1:890,000) - 1.1MB pdf file
[maps
position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Maps and cross-sections from or
following INDEPTH II CD project
Western
Yamdrok Tso, Karo-la Dome, Nieru Valley sections [map position
Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Gonto-la valley STDS detachment
Western Zhepure Shan
Tibetan Plateau
Royal
Society-Academia Sinica 1985 Geotraverse geological maps, coloured
geological maps, 1:500,000 scale
Geological map of the Academia
Sinica-Royal Society Geotraverse route across the Xizang-Qinghai
(Tibetan) Plateau
south
sheet
- Lhasa to Tanggula Pass 7MB pdf file [map position
Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
north
sheet
- Tanggula Pass to Golmud 7MB pdf file [map position Google
Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Royal
Society-Academia Sinica 1985 Geotraverse outcrop maps -
handcoloured manuscript compilations, 1:100,000 scale
1 - Quxu-Lhasa-Maqu segment; Lhasa-Lhunzhub-Maizhokunggar area - pdf
7MB
1a - Robert Shackleton's Lhasa-Penbo Farm field map - pdf
5MB
2 - Maqu-Yangbajian-Nyinzhong segment - pdf
12MB
3 - Damxung-Nam Tso-Gulu segment - pdf
7MB
4 - Gulu-Nagqu segment; Nagqu area - pdf
12 MB
5 - Nagqu-Nyainrong-Amdo-Tanggula Pass segment - pdf
11MB
6a - Deqen-Gyanco segment - pdf
6MB
6 - Gyanco-Baingoin-Lunpola-Dongqiao area - pdf
15MB
7 - Tanggula Pass-Yanshiping segment - pdf
7MB
8 - Kaixingling-TuoTuo River segment - pdf
7MB
9 - TuoTuo River-Erdaogou-Wudaoliang segment - jpg
- pdf
9MB
10 - Budongquan-Kun Lun Pass-Xidatan segment - pdf
9MB
11 - Xidatan-Dongdatan-Kun Lun-Golmud segment - pdf
14MB
Royal Society-Academia Sinica 1985
Geotraverse outcrop maps - uncoloured labelled line drawings used
for microfiche as published, 1:100,000 scale
82 map segments, legend, explanation, locality lists - pdf
3.8MB
(these were scanned from original materials and have better
resolution and geometric fidelity than those in the JSTOR website,
reproduced by enlarging the microfiche)
Map and sections in the
Gandese-Linzizong plutonic-volcanic belt
Doilung
Chu valley, NW of Lhasa; Kyu
Chu valley NE of Lhasa; combined
map, sections, and location map (pdf files, <0.2MB)
[map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
see also Pan, Y., 1993. Unroofing history and structural evolution
of the southern Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau: implications for the
continental collision between India and Asia. (PhD
- abstract)
Maps and cross-sections from INDEPTH III CD project
Northeast Nyainqentanglha
[Edwards]
[map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
[Li
Youshe] [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Zagya Tsangpo area
BN
Suture near Zilling Tso [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Changtang
Terrane south of Shuanghe [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Western
margin of Shuanghe Graben [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Geological
map of the Shuanghe region, north-central Tibet
(coloured geological map;
scale 1:~275,000) - 2.1MB pdf file [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Geological
map of the Dogai Coring region, north-central Tibet
(coloured geological map;
scale ~1:277,000) - 1.7MB pdf file [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Geological
map of the Baingoin region, central Tibet
(coloured geological map;
scale ~1:278,000) - 2.4MB pdf file [map position Google Earth kmz
pin; kmz
linked polygon]
Indepth
III project route and seismometer locations (on TM and MSS
image base, scale ~1:710,000)
(false-colour image mosaic
with map overlay annotations) - 10.4MB pdf file
see also Li, Y., 2004. Geological mapping and crustal shortening of
central Tibet. (PhD
- abstract)
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