isopach map
isopach map A subsurface geologic map showing isopachs in plan view throughout a particular geographic area. Isopach maps are constructed, for example, to enable an estimate to be made of the size and shape of a petroleum reservoir, or of the approximate topographic relief of an underlying, older land surface.
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