This week’s article is by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Drew Downs. Geologic mapping has been one of the most ...

A team of geologists coming from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, the U.S., Denmark and Tasmania compiled a new geological map using a combination of rock samples recovered from the sea and ...

Sometimes, significant scientific findings occur entirely by chance. This was exactly the case with the recent discovery of a ...

Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

clay mineralogy analysis; gamma ray logging of test holes and newly drilled water wells; test drilling by rotosonic and other techniques; and landform and sediment analysis using LiDAR and other ...

“To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising,” said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The 3D geological model of Kuala Lumpur (3DKL) - a geological mapping system that will be able to provide data ...

More than two hundred years ago, a man called William Smith did something extraordinary. He became the first person to map the geology of an entire nation. Not only was this scientifically significant ...

Alderan Resources Ltd. (AU:AL8) has released an update. Alderan Resources Ltd. has confirmed significant copper oxide mineralization at its New ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

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 ...