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The East Africa Rift System:
Learn about the East Africa Rift.
Geologic Time Scale
: Printable time scale in MS Word format for teacher or student use.
How Old Are The Andes Mountains?
New research suggests that growth of the Andes began earlier than 7 MYA.
The Tunguska Blast
: 100 years ago a meteoroid exploded above the surface of Siberia.
The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
: The impact is believed to have caused a bigger splash and released more water vapor than previously thought.
The Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption of the 20th Century!
Novarupta's 1912 eruption was a case of mistaken identity.
Newest Articles
Asilisaurus kongwe:
A new discovery challenges the age of the oldest dinosaur.
Seawater Chemistry:
A record of seafloor volcanism?
Abydosaurus:
A huge new sauropod dinosaur was found.
Bird-Dinosaur Links:
Birds might not be direct descendents
Impact of Toba:
Evidence that the eruption of Toba deforested much of central India.
A 200,000-Year Climate Record:
Arctic lake sediments tell climate history.
More Historical Geo.
Do Nanodiamonds and Soot Explain a Clovis Extinction?
Overhunting or a comet impact?
What Are Stromatolites?
Learn how they form. Will they be found in the rocks of Mars?
Banded Iron Formations:
A new model is proposed for the origin of BIFs.
How Old is the Amazon River?
Age estimated by sampling sediments.
The World's Richest and Most Extensive Marine Bone Deposit
: How did this amazing bed form?.
Pangaea Maps
: A sequence of maps shows how a large supercontinent fragmented into several pieces.
Asteroid Impact Craters
: Zoom in on 50 of Earth's largest impact craters Maps.
Charles Lyell's Elements of Geology
: A classic text written in 1871. The entire book republished here.
Historical Geology
How Old Is Mammoth Mountain?
: An article on the San Francisco Chronicle explores...
Who Invented Geology?
: An article on the Discovery News website reports...
INTCAL09 Radiocarbon Calibration Curve
: Researchers at Queen's University have refined a calibration...
Sturtian Glaciers Reached Equator
: During the "Snowball Earth" phase of our planet's...
Ocean Extinction and Microscopic Fossils
: Since very small organisms like plankton form the...
Asteroid Impact & the Dinosaur Extinction
: "Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an...
Pushing Back the Age of Dinosaurs
: A new fossil discovery was made in Tanzania...
Darwinius / Ida Not Haplorhine Primate
: Scientists from three universities have written papers on...
Abydosaurus mcintoshi: New Sauropod Dinosaur
: Sauropod skulls are extremely rare and only a...
The Chemistry of Ancient Seawater
: "The chemical composition of our oceans is not...
Tectonic History In Jade:
Dates of metamorphism and fault motion locked in jade.
