The digital revolution in geologic mapping

GSA Today

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 4-10

  Whitmeyer, Steven J ^a   Nicoletti, Jeremy ^a   De Paor, Declan G ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; DIGITAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GPS; MAPPING METHOD; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77956026034     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG70A.1     Document Type: Article

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