From ancient geological wonders to mystical caves and cliffside trails, Shillong hides some of the most unique rock ...

Spotify PIPESTONE, Minn. - For thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried a sacred, soft red rock from a patch of ...

In the Grand Canyon, the layers of strata are nearly horizontal. Most sediment is either laid down horizontally in bodies of water like the oceans, or on land on the margins of streams and rivers ...

Rock varnish, a thin, manganese-iron rich coating that develops over millennia on rock surfaces in arid environments, has emerged as an invaluable subject of study in both geological and ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of sedimentary rock made of debris from slag heaps, formed in the geological blink of an eye. Could this be good news, asks Graham Lawton ...

In Article Audio PlayerRibbons of blue — the modern Raritan and Neshanic rivers — slice across a landscape that’s key to understanding Earth’s deep-time climate cycles. This colorized elevation map ...

Since the beginning of Earth's history, tiny particles of rock and metal from space have been hitting our planet. On clear ...

Rock layers in Ireland, Scotland provide clearest snapshot to date of ‘snowball Earth’ Records of Earth’s transition from a completely frozen state to a world full of life have yet to be found ...

Smith's colourful and sophisticated geological map was based on his astute observation that rock layers (strata) could be identified by the fossils they contain. He noticed that the layers always ...

In this paper we investigate how geological contingency causes variations in scales of erosion within a single study site as opposed to variations between sites. Discontinuity data were collected on ...