“Geological maps are a foundational part of our societal infrastructure,” the authors conclude, “with the benefits far outweighing the costs.” This story originally appeared on ZME Scienc ...

This lunar cartography project was trickier than just fitting Apollo-era maps together like puzzle pieces and using new data to tweak the details — in part ... on a new geologic map of the ...

William Smith's 1815 depiction of the geology of England, Wales and part of Scotland is a seminal piece of work. The first map of its kind produced anywhere in the world, only about 70 copies are ...

The official title Smith gave to his map is certainly descriptive: 'A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with Part of Scotland ... includes five copies of Smith's 1815 map. 15. Smith's ...

only parts of it are visible. But this week, scientists released one of the most detailed maps of the moon ever created. The new map, born out of the United States Geological Survey (USGS ...

A moderately strong, 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey ... the shake-severity map. The San Diego County Sheriff ...

William Smith’s ‘A delineation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland’, published on 1st August 1815, is regarded as the first national geological map. A detail of the Bristol ...

New maps from the Washington Geological Survey show it's not only likely, but estimate how much. Parts of low-lying Bellingham ... with the Port of Tacoma getting 3.5 feet and low-lying areas ...

This aversion of early geognosts to geological maps is exemplified by the strange behavior of naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715-1786), famous for his detailed mineralogical and ...

Here, in no particular order, are the five geological structures in the solar system (excluding Earth) that most impress me. I left out the solar system’s biggest volcano, Olympus Mons on Mars ...

The Unified Geologic Map of the Moon ... Each millimeter on the map represents 5 kilometers on the moon—a 1:5,000,000 scale. Its layout is also color-coded, with each hue representing its ...