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

Baucau

Turbidites

Engineering Geology

Mapping Timor Leste

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

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 The UNESCAP report is based largely on out-of-date geological understanding and the University of Melbourne will continue to evaluate the prospectivity of Timor-Leste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
​Seismicity map
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Reports
Landslide report based on shapefile above (2011)

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