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.

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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
Spatial scope
  • National
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations to public access
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
25000
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1993-10-01
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3045
Distribution format
  • unknown ( unknown )

OnLine resource
http://mti.gov.mt/en/Pages/Continental%20Shelf/Geological-Map.aspx
OnLine resource
GE.TertiaryFeature ( OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities )

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 ( OGC:WFS )

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
Yes
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.
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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Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Tertiary Feature

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