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Use these buttons to see some of the interesting geology of Timor-Leste

Baucau
Turbidites
Engineering Geology

Mapping Timor Leste

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Geology

The University of Melbourne has begun working with IPG to map Timor at 1:50,000 scale.  The Atauro and Dili sheets are complete, and data is in hand for the Laclo and Oecussi sheets.

Maps and images
Geology of Atauro 1:50,000
​Geology of Dili Region 1:50,000
​Geology of Laclo Region 1:50,000
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Minerals

Timor-Leste has an almost undeveloped but prospective minerals industry.

The links below are for maps that show the distribution of mineral occurrences across Timor-Leste based on the report by UNESCAP - Atlas of mineral resources of Timor-Leste. The UNESCAP report is based largely on out-of-date geological understanding and the University of Melbourne will continue to evaluate the prospectivity of Timor-Leste

Data
Spreadsheet for UNESCAP maps 

Maps and images

​Gold-Silver-Copper
Chromium-Iron-Manganese


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Hazards

Timor-Leste has a severe landslide hazard in areas with steep terrain and high rainfall. The landslide hazard will be evaluated along with seismotectonic hazards as part of the Timor-Leste geological mapping project

Data
Landslide inventory (2005) shapefile

Maps and images
Landslides and rainfall distribution
Landslide frequency distribution
Elevation/slope distribution of villages
Landslide map
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Seismicity map
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Reports
Landslide report based on shapefile above (2011)
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Related sites and resources

This list provides links to resources concerning the relevance of geological mapping to the development of Timor-Leste:

'Comprehensive' risk assessment by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre

World bank report on Timor-Leste's infrastructure expenditure

2011 program to strengthen disaster risk management in Timor-Leste - completely ignores mapping of hazards

UNESCAP - mineral resources of Timor-Leste


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  • Home
    • About me
  • Photos
    • Timor Leste >
      • Timor PhD field work
      • Timor 2016
      • Timor 2017
    • New Zealand >
      • Greendale fault photos
    • Australia >
      • Cape Conran, East Gippsland
      • Cape Liptrap
      • Northern Queensland
  • Publications
    • Journal Articles
    • Conference contributions and industry presentations
    • Popular science
    • Theses and other
  • Research interests
    • Australian Earthquakes
    • Timor mapping project
    • Timor-Leste engineering geology >
      • Diapirs and mud volcanoes
      • Timor-Leste coastal erosion
    • Applied Geology >
      • The Pyramid project
      • Engineering geology
      • Geohazards
    • New Zealand earthquake geology
    • Teaching >
      • Unimelb MGeo >
        • Graduate programs for Engineering Geology
        • Virtual field trip Studley Park
      • Field camp teaching
      • Lectures
      • Useful links
    • Collaborators
  • Contact
  • Blog