We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

These changes, and their resulting geographic features and fossils, are interesting to scientists and non-scientists alike. Scientists use the evidence recorded within rocks throughout geologic time ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

This is the principle of cross-cutting relationships. The principle states that any geologic features that cut across strata must have formed after the rocks they cut through (Figures 2 and 3).

Geologists have long struggled to understand massive time gaps in Earth’s rock record, where millions—sometimes billions—of ...

Yellowstone National Park has a new thermal vent spewing steam in the air that could be visible to tourists once visitors ...

Mars has many weird geological features, from deep underground cave-like systems formed by the passage of lava to global dust ...

Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...

and measurements of geologic features. Introduction to sedimentary processes and their products. Investigates the physical processes controlling sedimentation along with principles of correlation and ...

It remained prominent into the fall of 2024: a strong steam plume that remained visible from a nearby road on chilly mornings ...