U.S. Congress created the agency to “classify the public lands and examine the geological structure, mineral resources and ...

THE present short article is a reversion to an aspect of the subject of geologic time which I had thought to be settled, and to require no further research or controversy. In my review of Mr ...

The Center for Economic Geology Research (CEGR) at the University of Wyoming's (UW) School of Energy Resources is a group of research scientists who apply knowledge in geology, geophysics, reservoir ...

The rarity of precious gemstones comes down to the geologic process of their formation. Sparkling diamonds and verdant emeralds are some of the most coveted and priciest gemstones. But which ...

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 ...

Simon Winchester - author of The Map That Changed the World ‘O’Hara does a great job of covering both the old (late 1800s) and the new (1960–70) history of geology. Included are informative, but ...

Hein, Christopher Assistant Professor of Marine Science Email: hein@vims.edu Office: McGlothlin-Street Hall 217 (VIMS Campus - Andrews Hall 237) Office Phone: (804) 684-7533 Website: Coastal Geology ...

Before undertaking an expedition to collect fossil primates, paleontologists first look to geologic maps of a region to determine if rocks of the right time period are actually present and exposed ...

Open Monday-Saturday 10 am- 4 pm, Closed Holidays 2024/2025 Thanksgiving and Winter Holiday closures and reduced hours schedule below. Samuel H. "Doc" Knight, the legendary Wyoming geologist, was an ...

Geology is broadly the study of the Earth and other planets, moons, and smaller planetary bodies. Fields of geology range from the initial formation and differentiation of the Earth to modern ...

The Department of Geological Sciences offers Master of Science (MS) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degree programs. Students interested in graduate work in the geological sciences should carefully read the ...

Geologic maps are not an exact depiction of the Earth’s surface. Instead, geologic maps display a generalization of interested units and features in correspondence with the scale of a map.