World's First Geologic Map Was Far Ahead of Its Time. A map drawn on papyrus more than 3,000 years ago helped spur the search for mineral wealth in modern Egypt.

Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key ...

image: Geologic Map of the Moon. view more . Credit: Image by Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The world’s first high-definition geologic atlas of the whole Moon on a ...

You might think you know all of Earth’s continents, but there’s one that has remained hidden for millions of years. Zealandia, a massive landmass mostly submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Iran on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

Completion of this map celebrates the 200th anniversary of world’s first geologic map by William Smith of England in 1815.” This map detail, of the Anchorage area, shows the city spread out on a plain ...

Solvang Library invites local adventurers to explore the world of geologic map reading at a free workshop, Adventures in Geology: Map Reading and the Story of the Dibblee Maps, on Thursday, July 25.

New research on the geology of Zealandia is revealing how it formed – and why it sank. Skip to content. ... The latest maps of the world's eighth continent. 29 September 2023. Share Save.

Where Are the World’s Rare Earth Mineral Deposits? A new global map, based on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data, pinpoints ...

China Sunday released a set of geologic atlas of the global moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million, which is the fi rst complete high-definition lunar geologic atlas in the world, providing basic map data ...