Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments called plates—and that these plates can grow, shrink and move around ...

"Asteroid Donaldjohanson has strikingly complicated geology," Hal Levison, the principal investigator for Lucy at Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, said in a statement. "As we study the ...

And it’s absolutely crucial for the future. With the new edition of Geology of the Netherlands, TNO has partnered up with dozens of other organisations and experts to collect all our knowledge in one ...

Some areas in the Permian have hit geological limits while others, yet to be drilled, are not expected to be as prolific as the prime Tier 1 acreage. Despite record U.S. crude oil production ...

In an article called “An Enigmatic Ancient Underwater Structure off the Coast of Yonaguni Island, Japan”, Dr Robert Schoch, who holds a PhD in geology ... as columnar jointing, it’s a ...

This process, known as columnar jointing, is the same phenomenon responsible for creating ... This discovery provides further evidence of how seafloor geology evolves over time and highlights the ...

TNO proudly presents the new edition of 'Geology of the Netherlands', a comprehensive reference work on the subsurface of the Netherlands. The book covers the geologic history of the past 420 million ...

The Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and students perform cutting-edge research on everything from how glaciers react to climate change to how molten lava ...

THE GEOLOGY OF the Olympic Peninsula offers a fascinating glimpse into the massive forces of nature that shaped this land into one of the most complicated rock piles in the world. It began under the ...

It's official: The UW Geology Museum made a big announcement today, one that's 12 years in the making — or 230 million years, depending how you look at it. The ankle bone discovered on a ...