The Circum-Pacific Map Project is a cooperative international effort to compile and publish new geological, geophysical, and resources maps of the Pacific Basin and surrounding continental areas. The maps are designed to show the relationship of known energy and mineral resources to the geology, tectonics, and crustal dynamics of the Pacific region. The latest geologic, geophysical, mineral, and energy data are being compiled at a basic scale of 1:10,000,000 on equal-area map projections. Where feasible, available data are being complemented by new, project-developed data sets such as magnetic lineations, plate-motion vectors, seafloor mineral deposits, and seafloor sediment. Earth scientists from 42 Pacific-region countries are involved in this work.
Index maps showing boundaries of the six l:10,000,000-scale regional map sheets and the l:17,000,000-scale Pacific Basin sheet.The Circum-Pacific Council promotes scientific interchanges and resource exploration through its quadrennial conferences, the Circum-Pacific Map Project, educational symposia, scientific training seminars, and publications, including the Earth Science Series. Officers and directors of the Circum-Pacific Council, of which the Circum-Pacific Map Project operates as a principal subactivity, are listed in table 3.The Circum-Pacific Map Project is currently organized under five panels of geoscientists (table 4) representing national earth-science organizations, universities and natural-resource companies. A sixth panel representing the Arctic region was being formed by General Chairman George Gryc during 1988. The panels correspond to the basic map areas (figure 1). Panel chairmen (figure 2) include Eiji Inoue (Northwest Quadrant), W.
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