Ever wanted to know more about the ground beneath your feet? Well, thanks to a new geologic map of the lower 48 states of the ...

Some of the most memorable geologic maps I've seen have been of national parks. These maps reflect the landscapes they depict, and the landscapes are usually pretty amazing in the national parks.

We have the Apollo missions to thank for a lot of our geological knowledge about the moon.

Geologic maps don’t make headlines. You probably haven’t seen one unless you work in energy, construction, or science. Yet, over the past century, these documents have quietly shaped the way ...

On printed maps, piling on the detail risks obscuring the meaning. This new digital map is really more of a database from which users can create different versions that match their own interests.

Officials of the California Geological Survey marked the agency's 150th anniversary Tuesday by releasing two updated maps revealing the latest information on all the state's active seismic faults ...

The very first national geological map (of England and Wales) was completed in 1815 by William Smith, one of the "founding fathers" of modern geology. "People like him would have been fascinated I am ...

The Maine Geological Survey has released a new interactive web map viewer that allows communities, businesses and others along the state's southern coast to manage coastal infrastructure as sea ...

The University of Washington project that produced some of the nation's most detailed geologic maps is in danger of being shut down — another victim of the sluggish economy.

More of Mercer Island may be vulnerable to hazards like landslides and earthquake damage than previously thought, according to a new geologic map of the island developed by a University of ...

Landing site maps Part of the Apollo 11 landing site geologic map published in 1970 at a scale of 1:25,000. The stripey background is an artefact of the photographic strips used as the base map.USGS ...