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This digitally compiled map includes geology, oil and gas field centerpoints, and QT pCm pCm
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geographically adjacent areas. This digital compilation is an interim product of Kl

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CD-ROM.
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1997). There are several reasons to issue version 2.0: pCm
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from Petroconsultants International Data Corporation, 1996 worldwide oil and

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gas field database. -16 pCm T J

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DATA PROCESSING STEPS Kalahari Qe Tr

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6. Gray scale images from step 5 were georeferenced with ArcInfo REGISTER and RECTIFY PC
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verified and corrected by using gray - scale images from step 6 as a background images.
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8. Final ArcInfo coverages (geology, geologic provinces, oil and gas centerpoints) were Mi

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REFERENCES PC

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1. Commission for the Geologic Map of the World, UNESCO-ASGU,1990, Carte SO

South African Coastal
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Geologique Internationale de lÕAfrique: Paris, France, 1:5,000,000, 6 sheets.
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2. Commission for the Geologic Map of the World/UNESCO-ASGU,1990, Carte

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Tectonique Internationale de lÕAfrique: Paris, France, 1:5,000,000, 9 sheets. QT

S_d Kimberlite 3. 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, one CD-ROM.

Subsurface salt dome 4. U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Assessment Team, 2000, World
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Petroleum Assessment 2000 - Description and Results: US Geological Survey

Digital Data Series DDS-60 Multi-Disc Set.

5. Persits, F., Ahlbrandt, T., Tuttle, M., Charpentier, R., Brownfield, M., and
Internal Water Body Takahashi, K., 1997, Map showing geology, oil and gas fields, and geological

provinces of Africa: USGS Open-File Report 97-470A.

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Projection - Mercator 0 760 1,520 2,280 3,040

False Easting: 0.000000
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Central Meridian: 25.000000
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MAP SHOWING GEOLOGY, OIL AND GAS FIELDS, AND GEOLOGIC PROVINCES OF AFRICA
Digitally compiled by Feliks M. Persits, Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, Michele L. Tuttle, Ronald R. Charpentier, Michael E. Brownfield, and Kenneth I. Takahashi

2001