IMAGE: This is a geological map of the CE-3 exploration region. The background image is a TC Morning Map in Lambert projection (TCO_MAPm04_N45E339N42E342SC).

Credit: Science China Press In this work, the authors studied the geologic characteristics of the Chang'E-3 exploration region, and produced a geologic map of a 1°×1° region centered near the landing ...

First-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon Date: April 22, 2020 Source: US Geological Survey Summary: For the first time, the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped and uniformly ...

The digital map is available online now and shows the Moon’s geology in incredible detail (1:5,000,000 scale).

The exploration programme has been conducted over a 12-month period commencing in Q4 2021, and included aerial surveys, regional and high-resolution geological mapping, and surface chip sampling.

"Scientists Complete First Geological Global Map Of Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 18 September 2009. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 09 / 090916092818.htm>.

Geological map of northeast India with mineral occurrence ... "Since amendments of the MMDR Act in 2015, the GSI has significantly expanded its exploration footprint in the NER. The region, once ...

A full description of the geologic map and associated paper is available via the Journal of Maps: “Geology of the Victoria quadrangle (H02), Mercury,” by Galluzzi et al. (2016).

The map is downloadable as a 150 MB pdf-file from this site. The related paper "The 1:2,500,000-scale geologic map of the global Moon" is published in the journal Science Bulletin (2022).

A version of this article appears in print on June 21, 2025, Section A, Page 16 of the New York edition with the headline: Maps Might Be Lost as Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys.