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
Maps and cross-sections from Nanga
Parbat CD project
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]
Kidd, W.S.F. (compiler), 2017. Nanga
Parbat-Haramosh Massif - Geological Map with 500m contour
topography from Aster DEM
(coloured outcrop/structural geological
map; scale ~1:100,000, "geodetic" projection)
Kidd, W.S.F. (compiler), 2017. Nanga
Parbat-Haramosh Massif - structural summary geological map with
500m contour topography from Aster DEM
(coloured structural summary geological
map; scale ~1:100,000, "geodetic" projection)
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)
- and Edwards, M., Schneider, D.A., Kidd, W.S.F.,
Khan, M.A., Zeitler, P.K., 1999. Summary of selected tectonic and
geochronologic observations arising from the Nanga Parbat
Continental Dynamics Project. 14th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop
Abstracts, Terra Nostra, 99(2), 40-42. [Poster as pdf
file]
Tibetan Himalaya
Maps and cross-sections from
INDEPTH II CD project
Western
Yamdrok Tso, Karo-la Dome, Nieru Valley sections [map position
Google Earth kmz pin;
kmz
linked polygon]
Maps/sections of Gonto-la, Nieru, and Pali-Dogen
Lake valleys; STDS and Kangmar-END detachments [poster at
1994 AGU meeting]
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)
Himalayan flysch / age of start of Indian collision project
Geological map of the western
Zhepure Shan; as included in:
Zhu, B., Kidd, W.S.F., Rowley, D.B., Currie, B., 2003. Age of
Initiation of the India-Asia Collision in the eastern Himalayas.
EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 84(46), F1428, Abstract T42B-0297.
[Poster as pdf
file]
Structural and measured sections at the northern end of the Nieru
Valley included in:
Zhu, B., Currie, B., Kidd, W.S.F., Rowley, D.B., Zhang, B., 2001.
Cretaceous flysch in the eastern Tethyan Himalaya. Abstract, 16th
Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop; J. Asian Earth Sci., 19 (3A), 82.
[Poster as pdf
file]
Maps and cross-sections from
Namche Barwa CD project
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]
- see also Kidd, WS.F., Lim,
C., Zeitler, P.K., Enkelmann, E., Booth, A.L., Chamberlain, C.P.,
Tang, W., Liu, Y., Craw, D., 2006. Structural and Tectonic Geology
of the Namche Barwa-Gyala Peri Antiform, Southeastern Tibet. EOS
Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 87 (52), Abstract T23B-0480. [Poster as pdf
file]
geological map showing
the wider context of the Namche
Barwa structure; longitudinal extents 92.3 to 97.3 E
Geological maps and sections of the Namche Barwa - Gyala Peri Massif
and surrounding area; as included in:
Zeitler, P.K., Meltzer, A.S., Brown, L., Kidd, W.S.F., Lim, C., and
Enkelmann, E., 2014.; p. 23–58 in Geological Society of America
Special Paper 507. [publication
link]
two coloured geological maps;
scale 1:250,000; ductile
structural measurements; brittle structural
information
[map position Google Earth kmz pin;
kmz
linked polygon]
cross sections; cross section of the
western margin at De'u Gungbu; reduced scale letter page size
map with section lines and lithounit key
two supplementary coloured
geological maps with subarea summary stereonets; ductile structural
measurements; brittle
structural information
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 [see poster shown at
2001 HKT meeting]
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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