STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) have announced the integration of more than 18,000 geological maps from SEPM into Elsevier's web-based research tool, Geofacets.
First announced in April 2012, and now available to Geofacets users, the integration grants geoscientists access to scientific information that can provide key insight into the potential of regions for oil and gas exploration, allowing geoscientists to make predictions and guide exploration with greater confidence. As a result of adding maps from SEPM, Geofacets now houses over 225,000 maps providing essential information to geoscientists.
The SEPM maps have been added from a number of sources. These include: the Journal of Sedimentary Research, the paleontological journal PALAIOS, SEPM Special Publications and SEPM's Core Workshop Notes. The maps and information within these publications cover subject areas such as petrography, diagenesis and sequence stratigraphy, all of which provide vital insights to geoscientists working in exploration.
The addition of SEPM into Geofacets' database follows last year's integration of content from The Geological Society of London's world renowned Lyell Collection; and precedes another content collaboration in the making with the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG).
