Completion of this map celebrates the 200th anniversary of world’s first geologic map by William Smith of England in 1815.” ...

That man was William “Strata” Smith, and his map of the rocks at the surface in England, Wales, and part of Scotland—completed in 1815—was the first major geologic map ever made.

Since William Smith’s publication of the first geologic map of England in 1815, geologists have used maps to show the distribution and character of rocks at the Earth’s surface, and display ...

ABU ZAWAL, Egypt — If you’re searching for gold in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, you should bring water, a spare tire, an exploration geologist, and a good map. By 10:30 a.m. we’d already made ...

Some of the most memorable geologic maps I've seen have been of national parks. Maybe that's because the parks are one of the few places where you will easily be able to find, and buy, a geologic ...

More than 400 years after its discovery by Galileo, the largest moon in the solar system has finally claimed a spot on the map. A team of scientists has produced the first global geologic map of ...