paleogeologic map

An areal map of the geology of an ancient surface immediately below a buried unconformity, showing the geology as it appeared at some time in the geologic past at the time the surface of unconformity was completed and before the overlapping strata were deposited.

Related terms:

• stratigraphic map
• paleolithologic map
• potentiometric map
• lithologic map
• isopach map
• lithofacies map
• Paleogeographic Map
• palinspastic map
• isofacies map
• deformation mechanism map