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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.
Novarupta
The Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption of the 20th Century! Novarupta's 1912 eruption was a case of mistaken identity.
If it is not grown, it is mined.
 
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Asilisaurus kongwe
Asilisaurus kongwe: A new discovery challenges the age of the oldest dinosaur.
seawater chemistry
Seawater Chemistry: A record of seafloor volcanism?
Abydosaurus mcintoshi
Abydosaurus: A huge new sauropod dinosaur was found.
links between dinosaurs and birds questioned
Bird-Dinosaur Links: Birds might not be direct descendents
Toba supervolcano
Impact of Toba: Evidence that the eruption of Toba deforested much of central India.
Climate change data
A 200,000-Year Climate Record: Arctic lake sediments tell climate history.

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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?
Banded Iron Formations
Banded Iron Formations: A new model is proposed for the origin of BIFs.
Amazon delta
How Old is the Amazon River? Age estimated by sampling sediments.
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.
The present is the key to the past.
 
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...

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Fault motion
Tectonic History In Jade: Dates of metamorphism and fault motion locked in jade.

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