His concept of using fossils to identify rocks is still very important today. Download a larger version of William Smith's 1815 geological map PDF (6.4MB) Fifteen facts about this ground-breaking map: ...

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 ...

THE practical problems involved in the interpretation of geological and topographical maps are here dealt with in a manner likely to appeal to students of geology and civil engineering.