Geologic Bedrock Maps1
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________
Earth Science
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 Ms. Miller
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Bell: ________
Type http://www.allnetnetworking.net/earths/ into the address bar
Select Earth Science Course Information
Scroll down the bottom of the page and select Geologic Bedrock Maps
Under EXPLANATIONS select Introduction – 1 follow the directions on the site and answer the
following questions in your own words:
What would make two rocks
part of the same formation?
What is the difference between
a block diagram and a geologic
map?
Why are there so few outcrops
in Norwich?
 Draw in an inferred contact for the below map.
 Draw in the inferred formations.
Formation 1
Formation 2
Observed
contact
Inferred
contact
Select the go back bottom
Under PRACTICE EXERSICES select Practice Making A Map – 1
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Adapted from:
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/geologic_maps/geologic_maps_menu2.html
Using the map symbols in your ESRT, create a key for the formations in the map area.
Error!
Key:
Using the key you created, draw a geologic map of
the area.
Select the go back button
Under PRACTICE EXERSICES select Practice Making A Map – 2
 Using the
key you
created,
draw in the
outcrops
(there may
be more
than one
type of
rock at
each
outcrop).
 Then draw
in inferred
contacts.

Complete
the map by
drawing in the
inferred
formations.