An Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps is a great first text on mapping for civil engineering, engineering geology and general geology students.

What does this book cover? 

This new and improved 8^th edition of An Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps (Hodder Education Publication) is designed to teach you the structural terminology of mapping, and to give you practice mapping geological structures.

An Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps’ best features include:

• Figures and practical map exercises for each of its main topics
• An appendix containing fully worked example answers for each problem
• Brilliant colour photographs of geological structures
• Maps from the British Geological Survey
• Content on thinking in 3 dimensions and mapping outcrop patterns
• Content on relating topography to geological structures
• An expanded section on igneous planetary geography

About the Author 

Dr George M Bennison is a Chartered geologist, and formerly the University of Birmingham’s Senior Lecturer in Geology. Dr Keith A Moseley is Monmouth School’s head of Physics and Geology. Dr Paul A Olver, also a Chartered Geologist, was Herefordshire Council’s Lifelong learning Development Officer.

An Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps (Hodder Education Publication) is a great way to learn the basics of mapping, especially as applied to the study of geology.