Scientists have discovered that the oldest intact rock in the United States is not in Minnesota or Wyoming—but in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The 3.62-billion-year-old Watersmeet Gneiss is rewriting ...

What we know today as Sabino Canyon was the site of a whole lot of scrunching 25 million years ago. In a geologic nutshell: Two ancient types of rock - 1.4-billion-year-old Oracle granite and 50 ...

Wyoming geologist Carol Frost and three of her colleagues have identified a new oldest rock in America. Found in Michigan, ...

The mountains themselves are composed of granite, gneiss and pre-Cambrian schist interspersed with volcanic rock. The name Cerbat is derived from the local Hualapai or Wallapai Indian word meaning ...

Researchers reveal a dynamic geologic past for Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains, uncovering ancient mountain-building ...

India is a beautiful peninsula that is filled with natural wonders. One such destination is Tamil Nadu. The coastal state ...

Krishna's Butterball, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a colossal granite boulder. It is approximately 6 metres high and 5 ...

Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect four-billion-year-old rock samples that could ...

In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the ...

In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the title ...