What Black history has to do with the Cretaceous period
Known today as the “Black Belt,” the southeastern United States was once covered by an ancient sea—one that continues to ...
Study finds "oasis of life" thrived in NW China during Earth's worst mass extinction
This image shows the reconstruction of the terrestrial landscape before (B), during (A), and after (C) the mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period in ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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What scientists learned from a well-preserved fossil of this iconic Jurassic-era species
The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species ... a Ph.D. student in geology at Lund University and the lead author of the ...
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Local Geology
Menu Local Geology History, Resources ... are world-famous for the details that they record about life on Earth during the Late Ordovician Period. Besides preserving pieces of Earth's history, ...