By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's ...

Red Rock Canyon is characterized by a series of canyons and parallel, sandstone ridges, (called “hogbacks”), sculpted by ...

News Published: 14 June 1941 Stability of Minerals in Sedimentary Rocks P. G. H. BOSWELL Nature 147, 734–737 (1941) Cite this article ...

The result is a gap in the sedimentary record which occurs when the age of rocks changes sharply due to the erosion of previous rock, which is then replaced by younger rock. The phenomenon was ...

Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on top of one another, with the pressure of the layers of ...

In late June 2025, an ancient city covering several square miles was discovered beneath Wyoming's Horse Peak mountain. In ...

Grooves in rock formations of Jaisalmer are believed to be trails of marine worms that once wriggled along ocean floor, says ...

One hundred years ago, on June 23, 1925, a mountainside in the Gros Ventre Range in northwest Wyoming collapsed, unleashing ...

In conversation with Mále Uribe, we set out to learn about the processes and ideas that work at the intersection of art, ...

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.

Welcome to Red Rock Canyon State Park. Tucked away in Cantil, California, where the Mojave Desert meets the southernmost tip ...

Welcome to Red Rock Canyon State Park in Cantil, California, where 27,000 acres of Mars-like terrain erupts from the Mojave ...