March 23, 1769 marks the birthday of pioneering stratigrapher William Smith, who is also credited with creating the first useful geological map, however like many other great accomplishments also ...

A Preview of Geofacets' 600,000+ Geoscience Maps to be Made Available to the Petrel Platform's Geoscientist Users Through Studio WorldMap Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical ...

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.

The world-first maps were generated from a ten-year archive of raw Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection (ASTER) data collected by NASA and the Japanese Government's Japan Space Systems.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A newly created geological map of Pluto's famous heart-shaped region shows just how varied and ...

It's been 50 years since humanity last visited the Moon, and we're planning on returning to our celestial friend in the sky pretty soon. And this time, we'll have a better understanding of what makes ...

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After 16 years of painstaking work, the U.S. Geological Survey has released a series of geologic maps that offer the most thorough representation of the Red Planet’s surface to date. The revealing ...

Skagit County is in a region of constant change, with volcanic peaks that could erupt, rivers that could flood and cliffs that could crumble. The scars of such past changes are hidden beneath greenery ...