A new CGMW map: The structural map of the Indian Ocean: An attempt at ocean cartography

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2004-03-13
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TheCommissionfortheGeologicalMapoftheWorld(CGMW),anIUGSaffiliatedbody,hasjustissuedthefirsteditionoftheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanwhichwaspresentedduringthe32ndIGC(Florence).Duringthe1980's,theCommissionpublishedtheGeologicalAtlasoftheWorld,whichincludedthemapsofthe5oceansoftheglobe.Twodecadeshaveelapsedandtheknowledgeofthesea-floorexperiencedverysignificantprogress;thereforesome5yearsago,theCommissiondecidedtolaunchanewtypeofoceanmapping.TheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanisthefirstofthisnewseriesofmaps.