A minor, 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 5:16 p.m. Pacific time about 3 miles west of ...

Geologic maps are incredibly beautiful. I will never have enough walls in my house for all the geologic maps I'd love to hang. But these maps are also full of information about the surface of the ...

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 ...

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.

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

An Egyptian treasure map discovered 200 years ago is unique, as it shows the geology of the mountains surrounding ancient gold and silver mines. This map predates modern geological maps by almost ...

Their map showed strong agreement with existing Quaternary geologic maps while adding a user-controlled level of scale. The results are published in the Winter 2008 issue of Soil Survey Horizons.

It reflects the fact that Smith saw his map as a tool for industry and agriculture. To help people locate coal, for example. 7. Geologists today still use many of Smith’s names for strata, including ...

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.

For example, the map reveals that the surface of Mars is older than previously thought. Three times as much surface area formed during the Early Noachian Epoch — the first major geologic time ...

The geology map is better on the backside, where it focuses tightly on the Three Sisters volcanoes, than on the frontside, where it shows the landscape between the McKenzie Pass Highway and ...

A newly created geological map of Pluto's famous heart-shaped region shows just how varied and complex the distant dwarf planet is. Scientists on NASA's New Horizons mission, which performed the ...