Have you ever wanted to study the Moon's surface in exacting detail? Now's your chance. The USGS (with help from NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute) has released the first complete geologic map of ...

USGS released its most detailed national geologic map, offering layered views of geology beneath the Earth’s surface across the lower 48 states. The Cooperative National Geologic Map integrates data ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment in 1879. Congress created the USGS to “classify the public lands and examine ...

For the first time, the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped and uniformly classified. The lunar map, called the 'Unified Geologic Map of the Moon,' will serve as the definitive blueprint ...

A new digital geologic map of Alaska is being released today providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information for the evaluation of land use in relation to recreation, resource ...

Boulder, Colo. – The last definitive geologic map of North America was published before the theory of plate tectonics was widely accepted, back in the days when impact craters were known simply as ...