using tools and adapting to their changing environments. The Afar region has layered sedimentary rocks, containing thin white volcanic ash that we could use to date the fossil jawbone. Erin ...

By studying seismic waves, researchers have found a layer deep beneath the surface of Mars that could contain enough liquid ...

When these sedimentary rocks weather over time, they release sediments into the environment. Because the rocks are infused with industrial waste, their sediments often contain toxic metals that ...

Such sedimentary rocks could only form once land broke through ... fellow at Monash University's School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment in Melbourne, Australia. "When we joined all the ...

developed 50 years ago on these same rocks by Eddy McKee. The McKee Model, taught to many geology students worldwide, posits ...

I am a chemical sedimentologist: I study how and why chemical sediments form and lithify, with the goal of better understanding how chemical sedimentary ... learned to the rock record to decipher ...

Researchers warn that current land management models don't account for accelerated, human-driven rock formation processes.