Presents research in progress in Canada between May 1986 and April 1987 within federal and provincial departments and universities and includes a general overview of scientific research activities in geological and allied sciences. Compiled from a survey conducted January-March 1987. Lists mapping projects that are 1:50,000 or more, and less than 1:50,000, by province. Lists types of work being done in the following areas: environmental geoscience; geochemistry; geochronology; geomorphology; geomathematics; geophysics; geotechnique; glaciology; hydrogeology; mineral/energy geoscience; mineralogy/crystallography; paleontology; petrology; quaternary geology; remote sensing; sedimentology; soil science; stratigraphy; structural geology; and, volcanology. Includes a list of reporting organizations, a list of grant awards in the earth sciences for 1986/7 and an index to researchers.