The Fellowship did not begin the Quest in the Shire; nor did the Quest end in the darkest depths of Mordor. There was no trekking through the Mines of Moria, and the Plains of Rohan remain untrod, for ...

Structural and petrologic development of the Baker terrane, Blue Mountains, NE Oregon. Crustal growth along the southern margin of Laurentia, Sierra Madre, Wyoming, and Park Range, Colorado. Tectonic ...

Geologic maps are used to locate natural resources, such as water or oil, or the best place to hunt for fossils, but they can also be eye catching works of art. Sharon Purdy A low-lying topographic ...

ONE OF THE reasons I became a geologist was the maps. I will never have enough walls in my house for all the beautiful geologic maps I'd love to hang. But these maps are also full of information about ...

Solvang Library invites local adventurers to explore the world of geologic map reading at a free workshop, Adventures in Geology: Map Reading and the Story of the Dibblee Maps, on Thursday, July 25.

Frederic Wilson receives funding from the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a member of the Alaska Geological Society Since ...