Abstract: This digitally compiled map includes geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of Europe. The oil and gas map is part of a worldwide series released on CD-ROM by the World Energy Project of the U.S. Geological Survey. For data management purposes the world is divided into eight energy regions corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world as defined by the U.S. Department of State. Europe (Region 4) including Turkey (Region 2) includes Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Svalbard
Purpose: The goal of the World Energy Project was to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world and report these results by the year 2000. Geologic province boundaries for Europe including Turkey are delineated using data from a number of geologic maps, and other tectonic and geographic data. Offshore province boundaries are defined by the 4000 meter bathymetric contour. Oil and gas field data from Petroconsultants International Data Corporation worldwide oil and gas field database are allocated to these provinces. The geologic provinces were further subdivided into petroleum systems and assessment units in order to appraise the undiscovered petroleum potential of selected provinces of the world.

Progress: Complete
Update Frequency: None planned

Theme Keywords: None, Geology, Geologic map, Geologic age, Surface Geology, Lithology, Geologic province, World Energy, Gateway to the Earth draft 9 28-Jun-2002, Oil shale resources, Oil sand resources, Natural gas resources, Economic geology, ArcIMS Metadata Server Theme Codes, geoscientificInformation, environment, USGS Energy Program Themes Thesaurus, Earth Science, Natural Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Geology, Oil, Natural Gas, Petroleum, Resource Assessment
Place Keywords: Europe, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Svalbard, AL, AN, AU, BE, BK, BU, HR, CY, EZ, DA, FO, FI, FR, GM, GI, GR, HU, IC, EI, GK, IT, JE, LS, LU, MK, IM, MN, MW, NL, NO, PL, PO, RO, SM, SR, LO, SI, SP, SV, SW, SZ, TU, UK, VT, Adana/Sivas, Province 2079, Adriatic Basin, Province 4058, Aegean, Province 4075, Alentejo-Guadalquivir Basin, Province 4077, Alps, Province 4051, Andalucia, Province 4088, Anglo-Dutch Basin, Province 4036, Anglo-Paris Basin, Province 4040, Apulia Platform, Province 4059, Aquitaine Basin, Province 4045, Araks, Province 2080, Armoricia, Province 4041, Baltic Depression, Province 4021, Baltic Shield-Norwegian Caledonides, Province 4016, Barents Continental Slope, Province 4013, Betic Zone, Province 4078, Bohemia, Province 4046, Bresse Depression, Province 4054, Carpathian-Balkanian Basin, Province 4061, Corsican-Sardinian Basins, Province 4067, Crete, Province 4076, Dinaric Alps, Province 4071, Dobrogean Orogen, Province 4063, Faeroes-Shetland-Orkney Basin, Province 4019, Fennoscandian Border-Danish-Polish Margin, Province 4022, Galician Basin, Province 4073, German-Polish Basin, Province 4033, Hammerfest-Varanger Basin, Province 4015, Hatton-Rockall Basin, Province 4020, Horda-Norwegian-Danish Basin, Province 4023, Iberian Massif, Province 4072, Iberic Cordillera, Province 4083, Ireland-Scotland Platform, Province 4026, Irish Sea, Province 4030, Jura, Province 4052, Kardiff/Menders Massif, Province 2084, Lesser Caucasus, Province 2081, Lion-Camargue, Province 4056, London-Brabant Platform, Province 4037, Lusitanian Basin, Province 4074, Massif Central, Province 4043, Midland Valley-Forth Approaches Basin, Province 4027, Mid-North Sea High, Province 4028, Molasse Basin, Province 4049, Munsterland Basin, Province 4038, North Carpathian Basin, Province 4047, North Sea Graben, Province 4025, Northwest German Basin, Province 4035, Pannonian Basin, Province 4048, Po Basin, Province 4060, Provence Basin, Province 4068, Pyrenean Foothills-Ebro Basin, Province 4044, Rhine Graben, Province 4055, Sicily, Province 4066, Southwest German Basin, Province 4039, Spanish Trough-Cantabrian Zone, Province 4070, Tajo-Duero Basin, Province 4082, Thrace/Samsun, Province 2085, Trans-Graben, Province 4053, Transylvanian Basin, Province 4057, Troms-Bjornoya, Province 4014, Tuscany-Latium-Paola, Province 4062, Tuz/Corum, Province 2083, Tyrrhenian Basin, Province 4069, Vestford-Helgeland, Province 4017, West Black Sea Basin, Province 4064, Belorussian-Voronezh High, Province 1004, Black Sea Continental Slope, Province 1107, Dobrogea Foreland, Province 1103, Euphrates/Mardin, Province 2075, Haleb, Province 2076, Kola Monocline-Finnmark Platform, Province 1051, Mediterranean Basin, Province 2070, Pelagian Basin, Province 2048, Rif Basin, Province 2072, Russian Craton Margin, Province 1011, Ukrainian Shield, Province 1013, Zagros Fold Belt, Province 2030, Zagros Thrust Zone, Province 2031

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