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Tech_Frontiers_Geology_080811.appHeader = "<FONT SIZE=4><b>Mapping the world<br><b></FONT><br>";
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Tech_Frontiers_Geology_080811[i-1].body = "<b> <p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\"> Introduction </p> </b><p>A newly unveiled color-coded map of the world, produced by the OneGeology project, highlights the varied geology around the planet. The project aims to do for the rocks beneath our feet what Google does for maps of the Earth's surface.<P ALIGN=RIGHT><i>&#8212; Bryn Nelson</i>";

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Tech_Frontiers_Geology_080811[i-1].body = "<b> <p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\">Color-coded view</p> </b><p>This screen shot shows a color-coded geological view of Greenland, Europe and western Asia at a scale of roughly 1:61 million. The ribbon of color corresponds to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge looming beneath the Atlantic Ocean.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Geology_080811[i-1].body = "<b> <p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\">30 countries</p></b><p>Another view of the world, showing some countries color-coded based on their geological data. So far, high-resolution maps have been added for 30 countries on OneGeology&#146;s Web portal. With 85 nations now agreeing to participate, many more maps are expected to follow.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Geology_080811[i-1].body = "<b> <p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\">Technicolor details</p> </b><p>A view of Canada on the OneGeology portal. The interactive map allows users to home in on specific locations for geological information, like the patch of vivid pink on the southeast side of Canada&#146;s Hudson Bay that corresponds to a formation of Archean granitoid rocks.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Geology_080811[i-1].body = "<b> <p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\">Broader features</p> </b><p>A view of Italy and France on the OneGeology portal. Although each country may vary somewhat in the color coding used for specific rock formations, broader features can still emerge, like the swath of pale yellow extending across northern Italy that corresponds to the Po Valley and recently deposited sediments washed down from the Alps.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Geology_080811[i-1].body = "<b> <p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\">Volcanic origins</p> </b><p>A view of Japan on the OneGeology portal. National coloring customs vary, but reds often refer to rocks of volcanic origin, as do the numerous red speckles shown across Japan.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Geology_080811[i-1].body = "<b> <p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\">Mapping Afghanistan</p> </b><p>A pastel-hued view of northeastern Afghanistan&#146;s mountainous region at a resolution of 1:2.5 million on the OneGeology portal. Afghani, American and British geologists collaborated on color-coded maps detailing the country&#146;s bedrock stratigraphy and age as well as its major fault lines &#8212; a proud accomplishment after the near-destruction of geological data by the Taliban.";

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