GEOL 21062 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Stratigraphic Column

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Geology
• Course: GEOL 21062
• Professor: David M Singer

Document Summary

Geological maps are the most data intensive maps that have been ever produced on paper. Essentially all the information of the topographic map is complemented by the geological information. High accuracy: mark the contact on the map exactly where we find it in the field. This necessitates that we now the exact location where we are. Orientation in the field using only a topo map can be challenging and is in part a lot of experience. Key is to develop a good feeling for distances in the field and how it translates to distance on the map depending on the scale. Show as much detail as possible and appropriate for the scale you are mapping in. Important for that is that the map is drawn neat and clean. As always we have two types of people: the lumper and the splitter. The amount of details that are presented on a map entirely depend on the scale of a map.