First Digital Geological Map of the World’s Ocean Floor Released, Access 3D Interactive Map Online

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Geologists have used geological data sets from ships to produce the world’s first digital map of the seafloor’s lithology.
The map, produced by a team from the University of Sydney’s School of Geosciences, shows more complex geological features and significant differences in the global lithological distribution from earlier maps.
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In the study, published in the journal Geology, the team analysed 14,500 seafloor samples – collected over half a century – from research ships and applied algorithms to turn the data into a continuous digital map.

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