The history of life on our planet is a long and winding path. Much of what we know about how life has evolved comes from fossils. The physical remains of organisms and the evidence of behaviors, such ...

Every week, Pictured Rocks rangers take visitors on a free, guided hike to unspool some of the “tapestry of geological layers ...

Big Four Mountain's mystery: 82-degree tilted rock layers defy geology's horizontal rule. There’s a basic rule in geology: Sedimentary rock layers build up horizontally. So how did the slabs of ...

Professor Joshua Hardt helps lead a seismic monitoring project to enhance public understanding of science in West Texas.

The geology of the Oxford, Ohio area includes (but is not limited to) the following rocks and features: Limestone Southwestern Ohio's limestone (a sedimentary rock) is saturated with life — life from ...

Geology is an Earth science that investigates how the Earth formed and changes over time. Through studying rock layers, geologists learn about the past and reconstruct the puzzle of Earth’s history.

The layers of Ohio's bedrock are slightly tilted, with the youngest rocks at or near the surface in the eastern half of the state and the oldest rocks exposed in the west. The oldest rocks, including ...

GEOLOGY & NATURAL RESOURCES. Cleveland sits at the junction of 2 major land types. From the Portage Escarpment southeast and ... rapid evaporation crystallized and deposited more lime, then thick ...

The rock layers surrounding Natrona County’s Alcova Reservoir are not only breathtaking to see; they also are windows to a portion of Earth’s history. Stephen Whitaker, a senior petroleum geologist ...

During its field trip June 13-17, the research group, made up of Vietti; Lily Jackson, a postdoctoral researcher in the UW Department of Geology and Geophysics; Kevin Chamberlain, a research professor ...