The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is filled with exhibits of dinosaur skeletons. And in the scientific equivalent of ...

Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological formation.

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

The geological intricacies of the Ok Tedi Mine Pit are currently on display at the PNG Resources Golden Exhibition at APEC ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

ROCK SALT. Cleveland generates massive amounts of salt from below ground annually, but few outside academia or the salt industry may know that the area's halite deposits were discovered generations ...

Morphology is a descriptor of sedimentary rocks useful in earth science and economic geology. In the contour of the rock, there is information on its origin, transport, and deposition. The two most ...

Erosion, weathering, transportation, deposition, and lithification are the major steps in converting clastic sediments into sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary rocks are the ultimate source of fossil fuels ...

Sedimentary rocks are formed by the deposition of sediments obtained by the weathering of pre-existing rocks and these sediments are transported by various agents such as water, wind, frost, gravity, ...