The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...

The REE distribution pattern shows that the shale provenance of the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formations mainly comes from the upper crust. The La/Yb–∑REE diagram shows that the sediment-parent rocks are mainly ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

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

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

Beyond its tech image, Bengaluru is home to breathtaking rock formations shaped by time, weather, and legend. Explore these ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Q48 was originally highlighted as a high-priority target based on historic drilling that encountered structurally disrupted, ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Pennsylvania’s landscape hides geological masterpieces that would make Michelangelo jealous—natural sculptures so bizarre and beautiful they seem imported from alien worlds rather than formed right ...

On the shores of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada lie what could be the world’s oldest rocks. A study now suggests they are at least 4.16 billion years old — 160 million years older than any others ...