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MAGNA 50 - Geological map of Spain, scale 1:50.000

The National Geological Map (MAGNA in Spanish), was conducted between 1972 and 2003 by the Spanish Geological Survey (IGME). It is distributed in 1: 50.000 sheets (1:25.000 in the particular cases of the Canary Islands, Ibiza-Formentera, Menorca, Ceuta and Melilla). In the Geologic Map the nature of the materials (rocks and sediments) appearing on the terrestrial surface are represented, its spatial distribution and the geometric relations between the different cartographic units. A geologic cartographic unit is the grouping of one or several lithologies within a common age interval, that has a representation in the map to a defined scale or resolution. Each cartographic unit, as well as the different geologic structures, are displayed on the map with their own simbology. The representation of these units on top the topographic map provides some three-dimensional information that is completed with other geological data and geological sections, stratigraphic profiles, boreholes, etc. The map legend is a pictogram representing the spatial relationship between the different cartographic units (chronology, superposition, geometric relationship, lateral facies changes, etc.). It also includes structural, hydrogeological and geological location schemas of the sheet within its regional level.

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Title:
MAGNA 50 - Geological map of Spain, scale 1:50.000.
Description:
The National Geological Map (MAGNA in Spanish), was conducted between 1972 and 2003 by the Spanish Geological Survey (IGME). It is distributed in 1: 50.000 sheets (1:25.000 in the particular cases of the Canary Islands, Ibiza-Formentera, Menorca, Ceuta and Melilla). In the Geologic Map the nature of the materials (rocks and sediments) appearing on the terrestrial surface are represented, its spatial distribution and the geometric relations between the different cartographic units. A geologic cartographic unit is the grouping of one or several lithologies within a common age interval, that has a representation in the map to a defined scale or resolution. Each cartographic unit, as well as the different geologic structures, are displayed on the map with their own simbology. The representation of these units on top the topographic map provides some three-dimensional information that is completed with other geological data and geological sections, stratigraphic profiles, boreholes, etc. The map legend is a pictogram representing the spatial relationship between the different cartographic units (chronology, superposition, geometric relationship, lateral facies changes, etc.). It also includes structural, hydrogeological and geological location schemas of the sheet within its regional level.
Type:
Cartography.
Publisher:
Spanish Geological Survey (IGME) (Ministry of Science and Innovation).
License:
Condiciones de uso
Topics:
Geology.
Structural geology.
Areal geology.
Geomorphology.
Tectonics.
Petrology, igneous and metamorphic.
Petrology, sedimentary.
Geological surveys.
Stratigraphy.
Engineering geology.
Sedimentology.
Volcanology.
Geophysics.
Mineral deposits.
Coal geology.
Petroleum geology.
Mineralogy.
Environmental geology.
Rock mechanisms.
Geothermal processes and energy.
Well log analysis.
Heat flow (earth).

Additional information

Scale:
1:50000.
Geographic coverage:
Whole Spain.
Update frequency:
Irregular.
Language:
Spanish.
Keywords:
MAGNA.