U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
MAPS SHOWING GEOLOGY, OIL AND GAS FIELDS,
AND GEOLOGIC PROVINCES OF THE ASIA PACIFIC
REGION
Compiled by Douglas W. Steinshouer
1
, Jin Qiang
2
, Peter J. McCabe
3
, and Robert T. Ryder
4
Open- File Report 97-470F
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey
editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Any use of trade names is for descriptive
purposes only, and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
1
Contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
2
Dept. of Resources, University of Petroleum, Dongying, Shandong, P.R.C.
3
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
4
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Portions of this database covering the coastline and country boundaries contain intellectual property of
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), and are used herein with permission. End users
are permitted to use these data for their own internal use, including any derivative work, but are prohibited
from using and distributing these data individually or in a derivative work to third parties. Portions contain
intellectual property of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization © 1990. Portions
contain intellectual property of the Australian Geological Survey Organisation, © 1965 and 1967. Portions
contain intellectual property of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Limited, © 1971, all
rights reserved.
PREFACE
This is one of a series of products resulting from the World Energy Project of the
U.S. Geological Survey. Inquiries about this CD-ROM or the Project's effort in the
Asia Pacific Region should be addressed to:
Peter J. McCabe (Coordinator, Asia Pacific region)
U.S. Geological Survey MS 939
Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
Tel: 303-236-7550
Email: pmccabe@usgs.gov
Or
Robert T. Ryder
U.S. Geological Survey MS 956
National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 22092
Tel: 703-648-6492
Email: rryder@usgs.gov
Inquiries about the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project should be
addressed to:
Thomas S. Ahlbrandt (Coordinator, World Energy Project)
U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
Tel: 303-236-5776
Email: ahlbrandt@usgs.gov
The authors of the CD were responsible for the following aspects of producing the maps:
Attribution of geologic outcrops: Jin Qiang and Douglas Steinshouer
Designation of geologic provinces: Peter McCabe, Robert Ryder and Jin Qiang
GIS input and manipulation: Douglas Steinshouer and Jin Qiang
Layout design: Jin Qiang
CD-ROM implementation and design: Douglas Steinshouer
Metadata: Douglas Steinshouer
Coordination: Peter McCabe
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-470F
MAPS SHOWING GEOLOGY, OIL AND GAS FIELDS, AND
GEOLOGIC PROVINCES OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Data processing steps
Primary References
Geologic Provinces of the Asia Pacific Region
Maps Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of the
Asia Pacific Region
Plate 1
:
The Far East
Plate 2: Southeast Asia
Plate 3: Australia and New Zealand
INTRODUCTION
This digitally compiled maps include geology, geologic provinces, and oil and gas fields of the
Asia Pacific Region. The map is part of a worldwide series of maps on CD-ROM released by the
U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project. The goal of the project is to assess the
undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world and report these results by
the year 2000. For data management purposes, the world was divided into eight energy regions
corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world as defined by the U.S.
Department of State. The Asia Pacific Region (Region 3) includes Australia, Brunei, Cambodia,
The People's Republic of China, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, North and South Korea, Laos, Malaysia,
Mongolia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vanuatu, and
Vietnam.
Each region is divided into geologic provinces. Each province has a set of geologic characteristics
that distinguish it from surrounding provinces. These characteristics may include the predominant
lithologies, the age of the strata, and the structural style. Some provinces include multiple
genetically-related basins. Geologic province boundaries are delineated using data from a number
of geologic maps and other tectonic and geographic data (see References). Offshore province
boundaries are defined by the 2000 meter bathymetric contour. Each province is assigned a unique
number. Those provinces that lie entirely within the Asia Pacific Region begin with the number 3.
Those provinces that lie partly within another region may start with a 1, for the Former Soviet
Union (Persits and others 1998) or an 8, for South Asia (Wandrey and Law, 1998).
The location of oil and gas fields centerpoints are plotted based on the locations in the
Petroconsultants International Data Corp. (1996) database with permission. Selected provinces are
currently being investigated, by petroleum system analysis, and assessments are being made of the
undiscovered oil and gas resource potential of these provinces. Klett and others (1997) discuss the
worldwide geologic provinces and their relative ranking in terms of total known petroleum volume.
For specific details of the data sources and map compilation see PROCESSING STEPS or the
metadata files on this CD-ROM. Some stratigraphic units are combined to simplify the map and to
ensure consistency across the region. Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are shown by age and
are not differentiated.
This map is compiled using ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.) ARC/INFO
software. Political boundaries and cartographic representations on this map are taken, with
permission from ESRI's ArcWorld 1:3m digital coverages: they have no political significance and
are displayed as general reference only. Portions of this database covering the coastline and
country boundaries contain intellectual property of ESRI (
©
1992 and 1996, Environmental Systems
Research Institute Inc. All rights reserved.)
DATA PROCESSING STEPS
The maps on this CD were digitally compiled and abstracted from the following maps:
Geological Map of South and East Asia, Third Edition, 1990
A. Ghose, D. Chatterjee, and J. Banerjee,
UNESCO, Commission for Geological Map of the World,
Subcommission for South and East Asia
Scale 1:5,000,000
Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania, Sheets 6,7,11, and 12, 1965
Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Australian Geological Survey Organisation)
Scale 1:5,000,000
Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania, Sheets 2, 3, and 8, 1967
Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Australian Geological Survey Organisation)
Scale 1:5,000,000
Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania, Sheets 9 and 13, 1971
New Zealand Geological Survey
(Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Limited)
Scale 1:5,000,000
The following process steps were taken:
1. Gray-scale scanned images of the source maps were registered and rectified in
Arc/Info. In the case of the UNESCO maps, they were registered to a composite of
Arcworld country boundaries (shorelines) and Arcworld water bodies projected to a
Lambert projection with standard parallels of 40 and 10 degrees North, and a central
meridian of 70 degrees East, with an average root mean square error of 600 meters.
In the case of the Australia and New Zealand maps they were registered to a grid
of latitude and longitude lines generated as an arc coverage in Arc/Info and projected
to the appropriate Lambert parameters for each map sheet, with an average root mean
square error of 350 meters..
3.
Geologic contacts were then digitized on screen in Arcedit using the scanned
gray-scale images as a backdrop. Labels were applied and attributed as the linework was
digitized using special AML menus and scripts.
In the case of Australia and New Zealand, the coverage being digitized was re-projected to
match the projection of each source map sheet. The original geologic attribution was
generalized using reselect and calculate functions in Arcedit.
4. Because of contradictions in compilation, the digitized coverages were then
transformed with a series of piece wise "rubber sheet" adjustments. The composite
Arcworld coverage was used for transformation because it is derived from a readily
obtainable standard compiled on a worldwide basis.
5. The coverages comprising the three plates of this Open-File Report were projected
to optimal Lambert projections for these particular geographic regions.
6. The map sheets were produced in Arcplot using AML scripts. The geologic legend
was generated as a separate graphic file in Arcplot. The Adobe Portable Document Format
was created with postscript files generated in Arcplot.
PRIMARY REFERENCES
Bureau of Mineral Resources, 1965, Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania,
Sheets 6, 7, 11, and 12;
scale 1:5,000,000,
14 sheets
(Australian Geological Survey Organisation)
Bureau of Mineral Resources, 1967, Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania,
Sheets 2, 3,and 8
scale 1:5,000,000,
14 sheets
(Australian Geological Survey Organisation)
Ghose, A., Chatterjee, D., and Banerjee, J. , 1990, Geological Map of South and East Asia,
Third Edition: UNESCO, Commission for Geological Map of the World,
Subcommission for South and East Asia;
scale 1:5,000,000,
6 sheets.
Klett T.R., Ahlbrandt, T.S., Schmoker, J.W., and Dolton, G.L., 1997, Ranking of the World's oil
and gas provinces by known petroleum volumes: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-463,
CD-ROM.
New Zealand Geological Survey, 1971, Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania,
Sheets 9 and 13;
Scale 1:5,000,000
(Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Limited; http://www.gns.cri.nz)
Palfreyman, W.D., 1984, Guide to the geology of Australia: Bureau of Mineral Resources Bulletin
181, 111p.
Petroconsultants International Data Corp., 1996, Petroleum exploration and production database.
(Database available from Petroconsultants International Data Corp.,
P.O. Box 740619, Houston, Texas 77274-0619).
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 1992, Arcworld Digital Map of the World;
1:3,000,000
Provinces assigned to the Asia Pacific Region
sorted by province code
3001
Bau Waters Basin
3002
Bellona Plateau
3003
Bligh Water Basin
3004
Shorland Basin
3005
Solomon Islands
3006
Fiji Ridge
3007
Great South Basin
3008
Hikurani Trough
3010
Kermadec Ridge
3011
Lord Howe Rise
3012
Loyalty Island Ridge
3013
Melanesia Border Plateau
3014
East Ontong Java Rise
3015
Indispensable Reef
3016
Russell Basin
3017
Mellish Reef
3018
New Caledonia
3019
New Hebrides Arc
3020
New Zealand East Coast Basin
3021
New Zealand Orogenic Belt
3022
Norfolk Island Ridge
3023
Northland Basin
3024
Samoa Basin
3025
Solander-Waiau Basin
3026
Three Kings Rise
3027
Tonga Ridge
3028
Vanikoro Basin
3029
Waikato Basin
3030
Wanganui Basin
3031
Taranaki Basin
3101
Alashan Yinshan Fold Belt
3102
Altunshan Fold Belt
3103
Beibuwan Basin
3105
Bogdashan Fold Belt
3106
Bose Basin
3107
Chuxiong Basin
3108
Cuoqing Lunpola Basin
3109
East China Sea Basin
3110
Erlian Basin
3112
Jianghan Basin
3113
Jiangnan South Jiangsu Fold Belt
3114
Jiuquan Minle Wuwei Basin
3115
Junggar Basin
3116
Karamay Thrust Belt
3117
Kumukulig Basin
3118
Kunlunshan Fold Belt
3119
Lanping Simao Basin
3120
Leidong Basin
3121
Lhasa Basin
3122
Lhasa Terrane
3124
Luxi Jiaoliao Uplift
3125
Nanpanjiang Depression
3126
Nanyang Basin
3127
Bohaiwan Basin
3128
Ordos Basin
3130
Pearl River Mouth Basin
3131
Qaidam Basin
3132
Qiangtang Tanggula Basin
3133
Qiangtang Terrane
3134
Qilianshan Fold Belt
3135
Qinling Dabieshan Fold Belt
3136
Qiongdongnan Basin
3137
Qabdu Basin
3138
Ushumun Basin
3139
Sanshui Basin
3140
Shanxi Plateau
3141
Shiwan Dashan Basin
3142
Sichuan Basin
3143
Songpan Ganzi Fold Belt
3144
Songliao Basin
3146
South China Fold Belt
3147
Subei Yellow Sea Basin
3148
Sulongshan Fold Belt
3149
Taihangshan Yanshan Fold Belt
3150
Taikang Hefei Basin
3151
Taiwan Thrust and Fold Belt
3152
Taiwan Melange Belt
3153
Taixinan Basin
3154
Tarim Basin
3156
Turpan Basin
3157
Xichang Yunnan Fold Belt
3158
Xisha Trough
3159
Yinggehai Basin
3160
Yinshan Da and Xiao Hingganling Uplift
3161
Yunnan Guizhou Hubei Fold Belt
3162
Zhangguangcailing Uplift
3164
Mohe Basin
3165
Heilongjiang Basin
3166
Erlian Uplift
3167
South China Ocean Basin
3168
Longmenshan Dabashan Fold Belt
3169
Yitong Graben
3180
Bijianan Basin
3181
South China Continental Shelf Slope
3202
Mongol-Okhotsk Folded Region
3203
Choybalsan Basin
3204
Gobi Basin
3205
Nyalga Basin
3207
Temtsag Hailar Basin
3208
Great Lake Basin
3209
Great Lake Uplift
3210
Ulan Bator Basin
3301
Akita Basin
3302
Honshu Ridge
3303
Ishikari Hidaka Basin
3304
Japan Volcanic Arc/Accreted Terrane
3305
Joban Basin
3306
Kanto Basin
3307
Miyazaki Basin
3308
Niigata Basin
3309
Okinawa Trough
3310
Ryukyu Volcanic Arc
3311
Sagara Basin
3312
Sea Of Japan Backarc Basin
3313
Sinzi Uplift
3314
Tokachi Basin
3315
Tottori Basin
3316
Tsushima Basin
3401
Gensan Basin
3402
Gyeongsang Basin
3403
Huksan Platform
3404
Korea Bay Basin
3405
Korean Craton
3406
Korean Continental Shelf
3501
Central Vietnam Basin
3502
Khorat Platform
3503
Mekong/Cuulong/Vung Tau Basin
3504
Panjang/Cardomomes Basin
3505
Saigon Basin
3506
South China Sea Platform
3507
Thai Basin
3508
Thailand Mesozoic Basin Belt
3509
Tonle Sap-Phnom Penh Basin
3510
Truong Son Fold Belt
3520
Tagaung Myitkyina Fold Belt
3601
Bicol Shelf Basin
3602
Cagayan Basin
3603
Cotabato Basin
3605
Palawan Shelf
3606
Pamusian Tarakan Basin
3607
Philippine Accretionary Prism
3608
Philippine Magmatic Arc
3609
Reed Bank Basin
3610
Sulu Arch
3611
Sulu Sea Basin
3612
Visayan
3701
Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah Basin
3702
Greater Sarawak Basin
3703
Malay Basin
3704
Malay Peninsula
3705
Rajang-Crocker Accretionary Prism
3801
Arafura Basin-Irian Jaya
3802
Bali Basin
3803
Banda Arc
3804
Barito Basin
3805
Bintuni/Sulawati Province
3806
Bone Basin
3807
Celebes Sea
3808
Central Sumatra Basin
3809
East Java Basin
3810
East Natuna Basin
3811
Flores Basin
3812
Gorontalo Basin
3813
Halmahera Basin
3814
Halmahera Platform
3815
Java/Banda Sea
3816
Ketuneau/Sintang Terrane
3817
Kutei Basin
3818
Melawi Basin
3819
Meratus High
3820
Merauke Platform
3821
North Banda Basin
3822
North Sumatra Basin
3823
Northern Irian Jaya Waropen Basin
3824
Northwest Java Basin
3825
Penyu/West Natuna Basin
3826
South Banda Basin
3827
South Makassar Basin
3828
South Sumatra Basin
3829
Sulawesi Accretionary Prism
3830
Sulawesi Magmatic Arc
3831
Sumatra/Java Accretionary Prism
3832
Sumatra/Java Fore-Arc Basins
3833
Sumatra/Java Magmatic Arc
3834
Sumba Province
3835
Sunda Platform
3836
Weber Basin
3837
Zambalez/Central Luzon Basin
3901
Adelaide and Kanmantoo Fold Belts
3902
Albany-Fraser Province
3903
Amadeus Basin
3904
Arunta Block
3905
Australian Arafura Basin
3906
Bangemall and Nabberu Basins
3907
Bass Basin
3908
Bassian Rise
3909
Birrindudu Basin and Tanami Block
3910
Bonaparte Gulf Basin
3911
Bowen Basin
3912
Bremer Basin
3913
Browse Basin
3914
Canning Basin
3915
Capricorn Basin
3916
Carnarvon Basin
3917
Carpentaria Basin
3918
Challenger Plateau
3919
Clarence-Moreton Basin
3920
Coen-Yambo Block
3921
Daly River Basin
3922
Darling Basin
3923
Drummond Fold Belt and Anakie High
3924
Eromanga Basin
3925
Eucla Basin
3926
Galilee Basin
3927
Gascoyne Block
3928
Gawler Block
3929
Georgina Basin
3930
Gippsland Basin
3931
Great Australian Bight Basin
3932
Halifax Basin
3933
Halls Creek Province
3934
Hodgkinson/Lachlan Fold Belt
3935
Kimberley Basin
3936
Lacklan Fold Belt
3937
Laura Basin
3938
Malakula/Aoba/Banks Basin
3939
Marion Terrain
3940
Maryborough Basin
3941
Money Shoal Basin
3942
Mt. Isa Block
3943
Murray Basin
3944
Musgrave Block
3945
McArthur Basin
3946
New England Fold Belt
3947
Ngalia Basin
3948
Northwest Shelf
3949
Officer Basin
3950
Otway Basin
3951
Paterson Province
3952
Perth Basin
3953
Pilbara Block
3954
Pine Creek Geosyncline
3955
Queensland Plateau
3956
Rocky Cape Block/Dundas Trough
3957
Stuart Shelf
3958
Surat Basin
3959
Sydney Basin
3960
Tasmania Basin
3961
Tennant Creek Block
3962
Victoria River Basin
3963
Wiso Basin
3964
Cape Vogel Basin
3966
New Guinea Foreland Basin-Fold Belt
3967
New Guinea Mobile Belt
3968
New Ireland Basin
3969
Papuan Basin-Shelf Platform
3970
Sepik-Ramu Basin
3971
South Bismarck Volcanic Arc
3972
Chatham Rise
3973
Fiji Islands
3974
Yilgarn Block
Provinces assigned to other regions sorted by province code
1158
Tian Shan Foldbelt
1164
East Ili Basin
1169
Alakol Basin
1170
Zaysan Basin
1219
Altay-Sayan Folded Region
1224
Sikhote-Alin Folded Region
1226
Khanka Basin
1227
Middle Amur Basin
1230
Baikal-Patom Folded Region
8002
Himalayan
8006
Tenasserim-Shan
This map is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed
for U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and nomenclature.
Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and
does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
ABOUT THIS MAP
This digitally compiled map is part of a worldwide series of maps on CD−ROM released by the U.S. Geological Survey‘s
World Energy Project. The goal of the project is to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas
resources of the world. For data management purposes, the world was divided into eight energy regions based on
political boundaries and corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world as defined by the U.S.
Department of State. This map covers the northern portion of the Asia Pacific Region (Region 3) and includes the People‘s
Republic of China, Japan, North and South Korea and Mongolia, and parts of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Two
additional maps of the Asia Pacific Region cover Southeast Asia (Plate 2) and Australia and New Zealand (Plate 3) both to the south.
The region is divided into geologic provinces. Each province has a set of geologic characteristics that distinguish it
from surrounding provinces. These characteristics may include the predominant lithologies, the age of the strata,
and the structural style. Some provinces include multiple genetically−related basins. Klett and others (1997) list all
by the 2000 meter bathymetric contour. Each province is assigned a unique number. Because geological trends are independent
of political boundaries, some provinces overlap two regions and two or more countries. Those provinces that lie entirely within
the Asia Pacific Region begin with the number 3. Those provinces that lie partly within another region may start with a 1,
for the Former Soviet Union, or an 8 for South Asia. For the sake of clarity province names are not included on this plate.
Details of the data sources and map compilation are given in the metadata file on CD−ROM and at the lower left of
this map. The geologic outcrops on this map are based primarily on the Geologic Map of South and East Asia by Ghose
and others (1990), used with permission. Some stratigraphic units are combined to simplify the map and to ensure consistency
across the region. All rocks are colored by age. Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are not differentiated, whereas igneous
rocks and their types are indicated by patterns superimposed on the appropriate age color. The centerpoint locations of oil
and gas fields are plotted based on the locations in the Petroconsultants database (1996) and are used with permission.
This map is compiled using Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) ARC/INFO software. Political boundaries and
cartographic representations on this map are taken, with permission, from ESRI (1992), they have no political significance and
are displayed as general reference only. Portions of this database covering the coastlines and country boundaries contain
intellectual property of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI).
Copyright (c) 1992 and 1996, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.
ABOUT THIS MAP
This digitally compiled map is part of a worldwide series of maps on CD−ROM released by the U.S.Geological Survey‘s World Energy Project.
The goal of the project is to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. For data management purposes,
the world is divided into eight regions based on political boundaries and corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world
as defined by the U.S. Department of State. This map covers the central part of the Asia Pacific Region (Region 3) and includes Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand and Vietnam, and parts of The People‘s Republic of
China. Two additional maps of the Asia Pacific Region cover the Far East (Plate 1) to the north and Australia and New Zealand (Plate 3) to the south.
The region is divided into geologic provinces. Each province has a set of geologic characteristics that distinguish it from sur rounding provinces.
These characteristics may include the predominant lithologies, the age of the strata, and the structural style. Some provinces include multiple
genetically−related basins. Klett and others (1997) list all the provinces identified by the World Energy Project and rank them by known petroleum
volumes. Offshore boundaries are defined by the 2000 meter bathymetric contour. Each province is assigned a unique number. Because geologic trends
are independent of political boundaries, some provinces overlap two regions and two or more countries. Those provinces that lie entirely within
the Asia Pacific Region begin with the number 3. Those provinces that lie partly within the South Asia Region may start with the number 8.
Details of the data sources and map compilations are given in the metadata file on the CD−ROM and below. The geologic outcrops on this map are
based primarily on the Geological Map of South and East Asia by Ghose and others, 1990, and on the Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania
by the Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Australian Geological Survey Organisation), 1965 and 1967. Some stratigraphic units are combined to simplify
the map and to ensure consistency across the region. All rocks are colored by age. Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are not differentiated, whereas
igneous rocks and their types are indicated by patterns superimposed on the appropriate age color. The centerpoints of oil and gas fields are plotted
based on the locations in the Petroconsultants database (1996) and are used with permission.
This map is compiled using Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI) ARC/INFO software. Political boundaries and cartographic
representation on this map are taken, with permission, from ESRI (1992), they have no political significance and are displayed as general reference
only. Portions of this database covering the coastlines and country boundaries contain intellectual property of Environmental Systems Research
Institute, Inc. (ESRI) Copyright (c)1992 and 1996, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.
This map is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed
for U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and nomenclature.
Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and
does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
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This map is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed
for U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and nomenclature.
Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and
does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
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ABOUT THIS MAP
This digitally compiled map is part of a worldwide series of maps on CD−ROM released by the U.S. Geological Survey‘s World
World Energy Project. The goal of the project is to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources
of the world. For data management purposes, the world is divided into eight regions based on political boundaries, and
corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world as defined by be U.S. Department of State. This map covers
the southern part of the Asia Pacific Region (Region 3) and includes Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Tonga and Vanuatu.
Two additional maps of the Asia Pacific Region cover the Far East (Plate 1) and Southeast Asia (Plate 2) both to the north.
The region is divided into geologic provinces. Each province has a set of geologic characteristics that distinguish it from
surrounding provinces. These characteristics may include the predominant lithologies, the age of the strata and the structural
style. Some provinces contain multiple genetically−related basins. Klett and others, (1997) list all the provinces identified by
the World Energy Project and rank them by known petroleum volumes. Offshore province boundaries are defined by the 2000 meter contour.
Each province is assigned a unique number that begins with region number (3). Details of the map sources and compilation are
given in the metadata file on the CD−ROM and at the lower left of this map. The geologic outcrops on this map are based primarily
on the Geological Map of the World: Australia and Oceania by the Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Australian Geological Survey
Organisation)(1965 and 1967) and the New Zealand Geological Survey (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited)(c)(1971).
Some stratigraphic units are combined to simplify the map and to ensure consistency across the region. All rocks are colored by age.
Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are not differentiated whereas igneous rocks and their types are indicated by patterns superimposed
on the appropriate age color. The centerpoint locations of oil and gas fields are plotted based on the locations in the Petroconsultants
database (1996) with their permission.
This map is compiled using Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) Arc/Info software. Political boundaries
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