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

Eugene Shoemaker with some of the first geologic maps of the Moon, Flagstaff AZ, mid-1960's Many people are surprised when they learn that well before the first landing of Apollo in 1969, we already ...

One of The Museum of Northern Arizona’s current exhibits spotlights the famous Grand Canyon Dragon Map created by George Billingsly, and others, and evaluates its history and ongoing impact on ...

A team of 14 scientists led by David Williams of Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration has completed the first global geologic and tectonic map of the asteroid Vesta. The ...

According to ancient historians, gold was as common as sand in the kingdom of Egypt. By 3,200 BC public officers, called 'sementi', prospected for deposits and veins of gold to meet the demand of the ...

Large swatches of North American maps might as well be labeled “Terra Incognita” or even “Here be Dragons,” as far as geologists are concerned. “It’s because these maps were made before the plate ...

What began as a lot of work with no pay for one man, John F. Blandy, would ultimately become the Arizona Geological Survey. In 1888, Blandy was appointed Arizona's territorial geologist, a position ...

A project to map the impact sequence on the asteroid Vesta is helping scientists compare its history to other solar system objects. A team of 14 scientists led by David Williams of Arizona State ...