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Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Tertiary Feature

The Tertiary theme gives information on the Miocene and Oligocene bedrock divided at Member level.It was produced from the Geological Map of the Maltese Islands published at a scale of 1:25,000 by the Oil Exploration Directorate (OPM) in 1993. This map depicts the bedrock geology of the Maltese Islands including lithological and structural information.
 
Citation proposal
(1993) . Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Tertiary Feature. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/b80e4aec-a74b-47b8-9856-eceb065c8ab1

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Date ( Publication )
1993-10-01
Date ( Revision )
2016-11-01
Date ( Creation )
1993-10-01
Identifier
https://mti.gov.mt/en/Pages/Continental%20Shelf/Continental-Shelf.aspx / GeoMalta_TY001

  Owner

Continental Shelf Department, Malta  

Keywords
  • Geology
INSPIRE - Glossary, version 3
  • geographic identifier , feature , Protected Area , Inspire geo-portal , INSPIRE data specification , Heavily modified
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
Spatial scope ( Theme )
  • National
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
25000
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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S
E
W


Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3045
Distribution format
  • unknown (unknown )

    Specification

OnLine resource
http://mti.gov.mt/en/Pages/Continental%20Shelf/Geological-Map.aspx  
OnLine resource
GE.TertiaryFeature  

The Tertiary theme gives information on the Miocene and Oligocene bedrock divided at Member level.It was produced from the Geological Map of the Maltese Islands published at a scale of 1:25

OnLine resource
GE.CoreTertiaryFeature  

Harmonised WFS for The Tertiary theme gives information on the Miocene and Oligocene bedrock divided at Member level.It was produced from the Geological Map of the Maltese Islands published at a scale of 1:25

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
true
Statement
History of the Geological Map of the Maltese Islands published by the Oil Exploration Directorate, OPM in 1993. Original geological survey of the islands carried out at 6 inches to 1 mile scale by K.C. Dunham, M.R. House and A.A. Wilson on behalf of the BP Exploration Company Ltd., in 1955. Published at 1:31,680 scale by the Ordnance Survey for BP in 1955. Resurvey of the Upper and Lower Coralline Limestone formations at 6 inches to 1 mile scale by Martyn H Pedley, 1971-1975. Resurveyed at 1:25,000 scale by Martyn H Pedley, School of Geography and Earth Resources, University of Hull, 1992. Revised at 1:25,000 scale by Godwin Debono and Saviour Xerri, Oil Exploration Directorate, Office of the Prime Minister, 1993. Published by the Oil Exploration Directorate, Office of the Prime Minister, Malta, in 1993. Printed by the British Geological Survey, Keyworth (C. Simpson, Cartographer). Topographic details based on the Government of Malta 1:25,000 sheets of Malta and Gozo (series M898, edition 2) published in 1984. Grid lines are at 1 kilometre intervals and contours are in feet above sea level. The representation on this map of a road, track or footpath is no evidence of the existence of a right of way. Copyright: Oil Exploration Directorate, Office of the Prime Minister, Malta, 1993.

Metadata

File identifier
b80e4aec-a74b-47b8-9856-eceb065c8ab1   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-05-23T13:43:47
Metadata standard name
ISO19115
Metadata standard version
2003/Cor.1:2006

  Point of contact

Continental Shelf Department,Malta  

 
 

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