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 ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Professor Renée M. Clary is the 2025 recipient of the Geological Society of America’s Mary C. Rabbitt Award, honoring her distinguished scholarship and ...

Whenever I start a multi-day geology class, I start with a brief “History of Geology” section. Covering what folks believed 400 years ago is a good way to set the tone for what we will be studying the ...

A practicing geologist can benefit from the history of geology professionally in two main ways: by learning about past mistakes so as not to repeat them and by finding out about different ways to ...

MSRLMAI copy Purchased from the C. Michael Gooden Endowment. Preface and acknowledgments / Gary D. Rosenberg and Renee M. Clary -- Dedication to Michele La Clergue Aldrich (1942-2016) / Renee M. Clary ...

Earth Sciences History, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2019), pp. 371-387 (17 pages) During the second half of the nineteenth century, geology was added as a topic taught at schools of higher education in central ...

It's time to redraw the map of the world during the reign of the dinosaurs, two scientists say. Picture the U.S. West Coast as a torturous tectonic boundary, similar to Australia and Southeast Asia ...

No work on any science has yet been published in our language more exhaustive of facts, more clear in statement, or more philosophical in general character and arrangement, than Dana’s “ Mineralogy,” ...

No more appropriate writer could have been found for this condensed history of geology than the author of the recently published “History of the Geological Society of London.” The personal touches ...

THIS account of the geological history of North America is intended for students and readers interested in the cultural aspect of the science. The author, like all geologists, believes that a ...