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Synopsis Analysis and interpretation of geological maps followed by a suitable description requires deep knowledge and expertise on the part of reader. In addition to knowledge of geological structures, influences of these structures on the topography of the area, coast erosion, etc., along with economic products or mineral deposits and distribution of population must also be known to the interpreter. What are these geological features, how they originated or changed, how these are depicted on maps and how survey maps are interpreted? Are the questions that are dealt with in the present book. Presenting meaning, types, structures and examples of rocks, maps, planes, basins, strata, dips, strikes, folds, faults, inliers and outliers, unconformities, anticlines and synclines and outcrops, the book "Geological Maps" makes elaborate description on skills of geological map reading and section drawing along with examples interpreting survey maps. The whole presentation is well-supported by numerous diagrams. This picturesque presentation on geological map is a must for students, teachers, geologists and general readers.