A research team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released a new high-resolution geologic map of the Moon. The map includes discoveries made in the last ten years, like an updated chronology ...

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Geologic maps are used to locate natural resources, such as water or oil, or the best place to hunt for fossils, but they can also be eye catching works of art. Sharon Purdy A low-lying topographic ...

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 Cooperative National Geologic Map offers a complete and detailed look at the bedrock and fault systems of the continental United States. The first geological map of the United States was published ...

Europa is an icy moon of Jupiter that harbors an ocean and might support alien life. Despite several flyby missions of Europa, no full geologic map of the moon previously existed. Scientists released ...

Vesta, an asteroid the size of Arizona, gets its own geologic map showing its history of meteorite impact craters over its billions of years of existence. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

A new detailed map by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides a powerful, interactive tool that lets users see the types of rocks that lie underneath them. The map, which was unveiled in August, is ...

HILO The recently published Geologic map of the central-southeast flank of Mauna Loa volcano is the culmination of years of field work by the U.S. Geological Survey. This updated map supersedes the ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the Moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history ...