Thread: geological maps

where can i find maps showing the rough distribution of minerals and rocks of the earth?
or maps showing the geological age of rocks in regions?

What country dejawolf? :-D

mostly mid to the southern african countries (they constantly change names..) nigeria and cameroon.

and china, germany plus norway.

Cameroon - Geological Map of Cameroon & French Equatorial Africa 1:2,000,000
Geological Map of West Cameroon & Adamaoua (North-Central Cameroon) 1:1,000,000.
Detailed Geological Maps 1:500,000. CAMGLM003 - £25-00 each. Available sheets: Banyo; Batouri-Est; Batouri-Ouest; Douala-Est; Garoua-Ouest; Ngaoundéré-Ouest; Yaoundé-Est.
Sediment Map of the Continental Shelf of Cameroon 1:200,000.
Soviet 1:200,000 Topographic Map Set - 80 sheets give coverage of the country
http://users.powernet.co.uk/geopubs/cameroon.htm

Cameroon Map- Cameroon Satellite Image – Great resource.
http://geology.com/world/cameroon-satellite-image.shtml

http://www.cartographic.com/xq/asp/r.../hub/index.asp

Also www.cartographic.com

China
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/applic...y/ma04296a.htm

http://maps.bpl.org/id/M8673/

China digital maps
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/20...421_68240.html

Depending on what you want, it might be worth Googling China/gold/bacteria. I think the are involved in state of the art prospecting using bacteria as a signpost. And there are a number of European companies out there doing the same thing - they have great maps.

European geology maps including Germany
http://www.cartographic.com/xq/ASP/M...ps/catalog.asp

nice, thanks!