Hazards
Geological maps are the prime source of information when we attempt to delineate and predict geological hazards. These hazards include cataclysmic events like earthquakes, but also more subtle, but costly problems like subsidence.
Australia
- Geoscience Australia's Natural Hazards reports for several Australian cities, including:
- Perth, WA
- Newcastle, NSW (earthquakes only)
- Gladstone, QLD
- Mackay, QLD
- Cairns, QLD
- South-east Queensland
Brazil
Landslides
- Changing
habits and reducing risks of mass movements and flooding
(Mudando Hábitos e Reduzindo Riscos de Movimentos de Massa e Inundações)
France
- Argiles
Ce site fournit des informations sur l’aléa retrait – gonflement des sols argileux en France.
This site provides information on clay soil shrinkage and swelling risks in France. - BD Cavité
Base de données nationale sur les cavités souterraines en France.
National database on subterranean cavities in France. - BDMvt
Base de données nationale sur les mouvements de terrain en France.
National database on land movements in France. - Le Plan Séisme
Le Plan Séisme est un programme national de prévention du risque sismique en France.
The « Plan Séisme » is a national programme which objective is to reduce in France vulnerability to seismic hazard. - SisFrance
Base de données nationale des séismes en France.
National database on earthquakes in France. - Le risque sismique en France
- Les risques telluriques (Natural risks)
No 4 Géosciences, la revue du BRGM pour une Terre durable
Issue 4 of BRGM’s journal for a sustainable Earth
UK
If you have other examples of an application of geological map data on the web, and would like your link included here, please let us know - onegeology@bgs.ac.uk.