Terrestrial 'life oasis' from end-Permian mass extinction period discovered in China
A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...
PBS8 年
Charles Lyell: Principles of Geology:
A stunning claim, but certainly Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, published in 1830 ... According to this view, a once-tumultuous period of change had slowed to today's calmer, more leisurely ...
Mexico City's local geology could amplify damage from moderate earthquakes
A recent swarm of small shallow earthquakes in Mexico City in 2019 and 2023 caused surprisingly strong ground shaking, ...
PBS5 年
Geology of the Grand Canyon
John Wesley Powell A professor of geology at Illinois Wesleyan ... A shallow sea advances and retreats several times during this period, leaving behind the layers named Kaibab Limestone, Toroweap ...