STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a new partnership with the Geological Society of London (the Society). The deal will allow customers of Geofacets, Elsevier's premier research tool for geoscientists, to quickly find, search and analyse geo-referenced maps sourced from the Society's renowned Lyell Collection.
This collaboration brings together over 165,000 geological maps from Elsevier's top Earth science journals and the Lyell Collection, with about 75 percent of these maps georeferenced for seamless integration into the geoscientist's workflow.
By partnering to launch the Geological Society of London module in Geofacets, Elsevier and the Society will deliver significant advantage to companies focused on upstream oil and gas exploration, for whom relevant and timely insights are critical in informing multi-million dollar exploration strategies and decisions.
Launched in 2010 and used by customers from around the world, Geofacets is a web-based database of georeferenced geological maps. Its intuitive search features enable geoscientists to explore data via an interactive map interface. Results can then be refined by geological basin, map type and map surface area. With the database now made more comprehensive by the addition of maps from the Lyell Collection, companies will be able to build a powerful picture of the subsurface and geological conditions on a region or basin.
The Lyell Collection was created in 2007 to mark the Geological Society of London's 200th anniversary. It claims to be one of the largest integrated collections of online Earth science literature in the world and is a one-of-a-kind resource for researchers. The sheer depth of information it contains makes it a vital repository for exploration teams around the world.
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