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Geofacets-GSL Millennium Edition

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Elsevier and the Geological Society of London (GSL) have collaborated to provide GSL members with a unique opportunity to gain individual access to thousands of geological maps from the renowned Lyell Collection through the Geofacets platform.

The Geofacets platform is an innovative map-based research tool designed for geoscientists. These maps are downloadable, geo-referenced, and accompanied by meta data, article abstracts and links to original source articles.

Discover and Download Maps

  • 24,000+ maps from the books and journals in the Lyell Collection published from 2000 – present.
  • All maps are downloadable, with 16,000+ available as GeoTIFFs for easy integration with GIS and other software.
  • Each map is accompanied by metadata such as geographic coordinates, map surface area, datum and projection for geo-referenced maps, and more.
  • View reference information about the maps and the associated articles

Watch a video from Elsevier demonstrating Geofacets: 

Access maps

Included in the Millennium Edition are maps from the following GSL publications in the Lyell Collection (from 2000 to today): 

  • Engineering Geology Special Publication
  • Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
  • Journal of Micropalaeontology
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Memoirs
  • Petroleum Geology Conference Series
  • Petroleum Geoscience
  • Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
  • Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
  • Scottish Journal of Geology
  • Special Publications
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Use search features designed for Geoscientists

  • Search for map content via the interactive map interface.
  • Use geo-based search facets to refine results by map type, surface area and geological basin.
  • Use advanced keyword search to search for specific terms, geological deposit models or analogs.  

Fellows, you can subscribe to Geofacets-GSL ME by contacting membership@geolsoc.org.uk

Geofacets-GSL ME

Geofacets-GSL Millennium Edition can be accessed from this page.  

This service is exclusive to Fellows who have subscribed to Geofacets-GSL Millennium edition. If you have subscribed please login at the top of the page to get access.

If you have not subscribed and would like to access the benefits of Geofacets-GSL Millennium edition please contact Membership to add it to your account.

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