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East Africa Rift
The East Africa Rift System: Learn about the East Africa Rift.
Geologic time scale
Geologic Time Scale: Printable time scale in MS Word format for teacher or student use.
Andes Mountains map
How Old Are The Andes Mountains? New research suggests that growth of the Andes began earlier than 7 MYA.
Tunguska
The Tunguska Blast: 100 years ago a meteoroid exploded above the surface of Siberia.
DinosaurKilling Asteroid
The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid: The impact is believed to have caused a bigger splash and released more water vapor than previously thought.
If it is not grown, it is mined.
 
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Banded Iron Formations
Banded Iron Formations: A new model is proposed for the origin of BIFs.
Fault motion
Tectonic History In Jade: Dates of metamorphism and fault motion locked in jade.
Clovis impact
Do Nanodiamonds and Soot Explain a Clovis Extinction? Overhunting or a comet impact?
Stromatolite
What Are Stromatolites? Learn how they form. Will they be found in the rocks of Mars?
Amazon delta
How Old is the Amazon River? Age estimated by sampling sediments.

Oil is found first in the mind.
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Largest marine bone deposit
The World's Richest and Most Extensive Marine Bone Deposit: How did this amazing bed form?.
Pangea
Pangaea Maps: A sequence of maps shows how a large supercontinent fragmented into several pieces.
Impact crater
Asteroid Impact Craters: Zoom in on 50 of Earth's largest impact craters Maps.
Elements of geology
Charles Lyell's Elements of Geology: A classic text written in 1871. The entire book republished here.
Novarupta
The Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption of the 20th Century! Novarupta's 1912 eruption was a case of mistaken identity.
The present is the key to the past.
 
Historical Geology
Primate Brain and Body Size Evolution:  As man evolved, his brain size increased. However,...

New View on Jurassic Primate Evolution:  Michael Heads, Ph.D., of the Buffalo Museum of...

Hidden Gamburstev Mountains of Antarctica:  The Gamburstev Mountains in Antarctica existed for millions...

Australian Megafauna Extinction Debate:  There has been a long-standing debate on what...

Stalagmite Shows Ice Age Climate:  Ice Age climate data has been preserved in...

Where Are Madagascar's Mammals From?:  Madagascar separated from the African mainland about 120...

Podcast: Earth's Climate 3,000,000 Years Ago:  Scientists have reconstructed what the climate conditions were...

Toxic Coal in Xuan Wei, China:  The people of Xuan Wei, China, have a...

Role of Bering Strait in Arctic Climate:  Sea level rise and fall has opened and...

Gulf of Corinth Rift, Greece:  The Gulf of Corinth rift which runs through...

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