International Geological Map of Africa - digital

Third edition issued between 1985 and 1990
Scale 1:5 000 000
6 sheets of which one (No. 4) is the General Legend Bilingual: English/French
Authors: G.Choubert and A. Faure-Muret
A CGMW / UNESCO co-publication, with the financial support of BRGM (French Geological Survey)

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The compilation of this map was carried out by the CGMW Subcommission for Africa under the General Co-ordination of G.Choubert and A. Faure-Muret.This third edition comprises a detailed legend - for this scale - of the onshore formations. The offshore surrounding areas are mapped with bathymetry, magnetic anomalies and age of the oceanic crust, fracture zones, thickness of the overlying sedimentary cover, earthquake epicentres and location of DSDP boreholes.

Each of the 5 geological sheets comprises its own legend. The assembled 6 sheets of this map constitute an interesting document, and a valuable tool for both research and teaching purposes.

This digital version was obtained from high resolution scans in tiff, pdf and jpg formats. No vector format is available.

Note : This map is subjected to an agreement license that has to be signed before reception.