World ocean floors, Indian ocean [map] : changing the face of earth / produced by the Cartographic Division, National Geographic Society ; John F. Shupe, chief cartographer
- Corporate Author
- National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Division
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : The Society, [1992]
- Copyright Date
- ©1992
- Physical Description
- 1 map : color, plastic-treated ; 47 x 61 cm, on sheet 52 x 80 cm
- Additional Creators
- Anderson, Carolyn H. and Shupe, John F.
- Subject(s)
- Related Titles
- Changing the face of earth
- Cartographic Mathematical Data
- Scale 1:25,720,000. 1 cm = 257 km or 1 in. = 406 miles ; Mercator projection (E 18 0--E 155 0/N 39 0--S 56 0).
- Note
- "02742".
Includes article on plate tectonics by Carolyn H. Anderson, col. ill. of plate movements throughout time, hemisphere showing existing plate locations and boundaries, and col. ill. of the creation of mountains due to Indo-Australian plate subduction.
From supplement to the National Geographic, June 1992.
Source for ocean floor relief is General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans.
Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by shading and soundings.
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