Separate Thematic Analysis {AN} Text (no maps)

Consists of recommendations; errata; references; partial list of companies active in China; status of incorporating data for each country; and other information.

• Original sources listed sometimes have more details
• Recommendations may lead to discoveries
• Recommendations can save time and money
• Errata identify known and suspected errors

Separate Thematic Analysis {AC} Text (no maps)

• Talimu (Tarim) Basin
• Isopach of Total Sediments
• Simplified Basement Structure
• Generalized Structural Map of Southwest Area
• Aeromagnetic Anomaly Map
• Hunan Province Basins (alternative view)
• Sichuan Basin: Generalized Aeromagnetic Map
• Shaanganning Basin: Generalized Aeromagnetic Map
• Bangladesh Regional Basins Tectonics

· Supporting information is critical for many applications

Product	Order No.	Price
Analysis Maps, Digital	ANTOTTOTD201	$30,000

 

Basins (Oil & Gas) {BC & BS} Study of China & East Asia:

The combined thematic maps & texts display and discuss the region's Political, Transportation, Hydrology, Geology, Basins, and Analysis & Ancillary information. It does not include the Minerals (Metallogenic) or Coal Maps, their Texts or any other Regional Thematic Study. Maps & Texts describe and discuss over 160 basins onshore China, alone [in varying detail] and basins offshore and in other countries; oil & gas fields; pipelines, with names and descriptions and actual routes; oil & gas seeps; oil shales; refineries; recommendations, cautions and other information.

• Sub–basins mapped in Talimu, Zhunger & some other basins
• Supports remote sensing enhancements and analyses
• Bilingual information at–hand
• Unique. No other study has all this information

 

*Coal {CL} Study of China & East Asia

The combined thematic maps & texts display and discuss the region's Coal (distribution, quality, tonnages, environmental problems [e.g., arsenic and sulfur in the coal], etc.), Political, Transportation, Topography/Bathymetry, Hydrology/Drainage, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. Other information about exploration unique to China is provided.

• With the transportation study, is indispensable for econometric evaluations
• Each coal site digitally georeferenced to maps for proximity studies (e.g., all metallurgical–grade coal within 50 km of rail lines specifiable)

 

Separate Thematic Hydrology (Drainage) {HY} Study of China & East Asia

Maps & Text display and discuss lakes, rivers, canals, seas and oceans.

• Supports remote sensing studies (relative locations)
• Supports geophysical survey line routing

 

*Geochemical {GC} Study of China & East Asia

The Thematic Maps Sets (including texts) display and discuss the region's Geochemistry (mostly generalized metallics distribution and concentration), with the "Standard Set": Political, Topographic, Transportation, Hydrology, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. Large areas of missing and interpolated information are present.

 

Separate Thematic Geology {GY} Study of China & East Asia

Maps & text display and discuss a single unified stratigraphy for each separate country; compares and contrasts nomenclature and labelling conventions followed; analyses & explanations; some structure. Very important notes: Several variations of geological maps of China are possessed in–house by Maness; even today, many portions of China are inadequately mapped. This version will include both onshore and offshore geology, where known, in–house. Previously, onshore and offshore geology were different products, at higher cost.

• Supports remote sensing studies (identifies formations)
• Supports regional analyses by rock types and ages

 
*Geomorphic {GM} Study of China & East Asia: The thematic map set (including texts) displays and discusses the region's Geomorphology (how the shape of the earth, both onshore and offshore, relates to its geology, etc.), Political, Transportation, Topographic/Bathymetric, Hydrology, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. There are large areas of missing and/or interpolated information.
 

 

Geophysical {GP}, Aeromagnetics Anomalies:
*Geophysical <Aeromagnetic Anomalies> Study of China & East Asia:
The Thematic Map Sets & texts display and discuss the region's Geophysics <Aeromagnetics>, Political, Transportation, Topography/Bathymetry, Hydrology, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. Even though there are large blocks of missing and interpolated information, much of this is comparable to those works published in the 1980s by the USGS about the USA (Zietz, I., et al). Already possess in–house ~90% Aeromagnetics coverage of China. Where available (~50% of China in–house), Aeromagnetic profiles will be shown as attribute information.
 

 

Geophysical {GP}, Gravity Anomalies:
*Geophysical <Gravity> Study of China & East Asia:
The combined thematic maps & texts display and discuss the region's Geophysics (Free–Air and Bouguer Gravity Anomalies), Political, Transportation, Hydrology, Geology and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. Even though there are large blocks of missing and interpolated information, much of this is comparable to those works published in the 1980s by the USGS about the USA (numerous authors). Already possess in–house very extensive coverage of Gravity maps of China (both onshore and offshore), and have been promised more, upon request. In addition, there are numerous non–Chinese sources which have various forms of gravity data accessible for analysis and digitizing, especially those data gathered by means of various satellites. All these data are or can be provided with the caveats that no ground–verification has been performed <i.e., no raw ground measurements are provided> and the derived maps are no more valid than the means used to gather, analyze and display the data. Gravity data can lead directly to discoveries of minerals and, indirectly, to the discovery of hydrocarbons (by enabling the defining of geological structures, etc.).
 

 
*Isopachous {IS} Study of China & East Asia:
The Thematic Set (maps & texts) display and discuss the region's Isopachous Distribution <total thickness of sediments & sedimentary rocks>, Political, Transportation, Topography/Bathymetry, Hydrology, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. Even though there are large blocks of missing and interpolated information, much of this is comparable to those works published since the 1920s by geologists all over the world. Already possess in–house ~40% of such China Isopachous coverage, with additional available. Already possess in–house Isopachous Cross–Sections of ~20% of the significant Basins in China, which are to be entered as attribute information.
 

 
*Metamorphic {MM} Stage Study of China & East Asia:
The Thematic Set (maps & texts) display and discuss the region's Regional Metamorphism (alterations in mineralogy due to past or present heating, etc.), Political, Transportation, Topography/Bathymetry, Hydrology/Drainage, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. There are large areas of missing and/or interpolated information. The stage of metamorphism is directly related to exploration for petroleum, since higher heat levels change oil into graphite, etc.
 

 
*Minerals {MN} Study of China & East Asia:
The Thematic Set (maps & texts) display and discuss the distribution of the region's Minerals, along with supporting Political, Transportation, Topography/Bathymetry, Hydrology, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. It does not include the Basins or Coal Maps, their Texts or any other Regional Thematic Study. The maps & texts in this in–process study display and discuss the region's minerals, with some emphasis on metallogenic distribution, especially of precious metals [i.e., gold]. Over 700 significant mineral deposits are discussed in China, alone, covering such resources as Ag, Al, Au, B, Ba, CaCO₃, CaF₂, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, KCl, MgO, Mn, Mo, N, Na, NaCl, Ni, P, Pb, S, Sb, Sn, Ti, U, W, Zn and suites of minerals (e.g., the Rare Earths). Some coverage is given to gemstones, in particular to diamonds, rubies and sapphires. By far the greatest emphasis is given to gold, with over 1,000 references to Chinese gold deposits provided. Other information about exploration unique to China is provided.

• Each site georeferenced to maps
• Supports digital remote sensing enhancements and analyses
• Indispensable as a reference

 

 
*Satellite Imagery {IM} Products of China & E. Asia:
In essence, only the raw products (i.e., the "Total Satellite Imagery Set") enabling serious photogeological interpretations are routinely provided in the "Standard Set," not the photogeological interpretation, itself. For client–selected portions of the "Standard Set," for separate detailed photogeological analysis, the cost is $150 per image for ASTER products, with the cost per image interpretation listed under "Photogeology".

 
**Photogeological {PG} <Remote Sensing> Study of China & E. Asia:
The Thematic Set (maps & texts) display and discuss the region's Photogeology (general geology, stratigraphy, structure, geomorphological anomalies, geobotanical anomalies, lineaments, etc.), Political, Transportation, Topography/Bathymetry, Hydrology, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. Since over 500 separate images are required for complete coverage of China proper, a study of all of China would be beyond the means of most firms; however, a study of an individual basin or province might be affordable. The charges listed do not include the cost of the associated digital maps: for example, to study Xianggang Zizhiqu {Hong Kong} with one image would cost $50,000 plus the cost for the Xianggang Zizhiqu digital maps desired. Very important note: Since Maness believes that the true function of Photogeology is to improve upon and extend well–established geological principles exemplified in geological maps, Maness refuses to perform separate "Lineament Analyses." Only as part of a more thorough integrated study, in which lineaments may lead to the discovery or extension of faults and other geological features, does Maness provide "Lineament Analyses." The price per image assumes the use of custom computer–enhanced Landsat Thematic Mapper <preferred>, ASTER, SIR–A, SIR–B, ..., SPOT, SOYUZKARTA and/or other commercially available digital satellite or aerial imagery. Maness possesses in–house approximately 80% of the entire China & East Asia study area. These unenhanced and uninterpreted images (only!) are included as part of the "Standard Set" under the category of "Satellite Imagery."

 
Separate Thematic Political {PO} Study:
Maps & texts display and discuss the region's political boundaries as drawn by China, the systems of government used, elected and appointed officials, selected Ministries, and like information of use to foreign firms, in general, and to exploration firms, in particular.

• Assists in identifying whom to contact to open negotiations
• More flexibility with identified autonomous regions

 
*Structural {SR} (Tectonic/Geodynamic) Thematic Study of China & East Asia:
The Thematic Set (maps & texts) display and discuss the region's Geological Structure, Political, Transportation, Topographic/Bathymetric, Hydrology, Geology, Satellite Imagery and Analysis information. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. There are large areas of missing and/or interpolated information. Since there are two fundamentally different types of structural studies of China, this reflects that reality. The first type maps Known Structures (faults, folds, shear zones, etc.) by their actual locations, showing Chinese names and supporting information when known by Maness. The second type displays Modeled Structures as trends of folds and faults (compression and tension) on a regional basis, sometimes with limited regard for how individual folds actually fit with the shown regional structural trends. Since the two methodologies are the results of fundamentally differing assumptions, it is obviously necessary to differentiate between them: it is obviously more promising to drill an actual mapped anticline for oil than to drill where an anticline may or may not be, but is assumed to be, based upon a regional model. Many of China's "Tectonic Maps" incorporate parts of both Known and Modeled Structures, and have been, of necessity, interpreted with caution. Two separate versions of all of China's and much of adjacent East Asia's Modeled Structure Maps are already in–house. About 15% (but more is readily available) of China's and East Asia's Known Structure Maps are already in–house, but not yet digitized. The price difference reflects the substantially greater cost and effort to acquire detailed information about Known Structures as compared with Modelled Structures.

Also incorporated in the present version of the Structural Theme is what was previously a separate Geodynamic Theme. Factors & Spatial Distribution of selected Geothermal Gradients, locations of Volcanos, Earthquake Epicenters, Faults and Plate Boundaries, etc., are now incorporated into the "Structural Theme". Some of this information varies from or is replicated in the Geological Theme. The inconsistencies are especially useful in determining geographic areas where more geological work is necessary, and/or where economic potential is greater than (or less than) generally thought.

 
*Topographic (Shaded–Relief) {TO} Theme of China & East Asia:
The Thematic Set (maps & texts) display and discuss the region's Topography, displayed in the form of x,y,z coordinates portrayed as shaded–relief. The Topographic theme is designed to support transportation and communications uses, in particular. This study does not include the Basins or Minerals (Metallogenic) Thematic Maps or their Texts or any part of any other Regional Thematic Study. There are a few individual pixels or blocks of missing or questionable information (especially in central China). Scales and projections on other map sources (but not this one!) vary widely and it appears certain that many errors (mostly planimetric) were systematically and intentionally introduced (especially regarding locations of rail lines and certain cities on the Transportation Theme). Notwithstanding, the present data source used, and the products generated from it, are extremely accurate (3rd Order!), at a nominal 90 meters resolution, clearly more accurate than the following mentioned sources. Topographic maps of all of China at a scale of 1:200,000 are readily available. Even though it is rumored in China that the entire country has been topographically mapped at a scale of 1:50,000, it is likely that much of the western and southern portions of China are available at large scale only in the form of planimetric maps derived from manual (uncorrected) photomosaic mapping methods. Many of the maps (various scales) along China's northern <e.g. Heilongjiang Province> and western border [e.g., Xinjiang–Weiwur Zizhiqu] are available from Russian sources. Some high–quality 1:10,000 scale topographic maps (mostly of Chinese cities) are available; in addition, many 1:10,000 scale (photomosaic–derived) planimetric maps are available for scattered areas throughout China. Consequently, acceptable small–scale maps do exist and larger–scale maps can usually be openly acquired on separate contract where they actually exist. In some cases (difficult), copies of the original photos used to make the photomosaics can be openly acquired <at far less cost than stereographic SPOT Imagery>. In summary, the shaded–relief data provided are accurate to 90 meters and have appended x,y,z coordinates for every pixel. These data enable generation of digital maps of China at third–order accuracy.

To acquire a conventional Topographic Map from these thematic data requires the digital merging of the Topographic Theme {TO} with the Transportation Theme {TR}.
 

 
Separate Thematic Transportation {TR} Study:
Maps & texts display and discuss the region's cities and towns; major and minor roads; rail & canal lines; shipping lanes; and general infrastructure.

• Indispensable for supporting logistics
• Supports remote sensing studies (relative locations)

Generation of other specialized thematic map products are available on a bid or cost+ basis. Gathering of map and supporting textual information on numerous themes is in–process.