A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

BEIJING - Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Last weekend 35 Montana Tech students toured production facilities in the Bakken oilfield of eastern Montana and North Dakota ...

Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia ...

while geological processes like folding and faulting shape the landscape and cause earthquakes. The film also discusses how sedimentation leads to the formation of sedimentary rock and mountains ...

Mount Roraima is a flat-topped formation with crystal-clear pools, waterfalls and a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the surrounding savanna for millions of years.

Geological map of the pre-Neogene bedrock in the study area ... The shale and coal seams of the Taiyuan Formation and Shanxi Formation are the main coal-bearing gas source rocks in the study area, ...

Structural geology is the study of the deformation of the surface and subsurface of the Earth and other planetary bodies. This deformation reflects past changes in local and regional stress and ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments called plates—and that these plates can grow, shrink and move around ...

The Department of Natural Resources estimates that oil production in the Bakken Formation could top 1.2 million barrels per day by the end of 2014 or early 2015. According to the U.S. Geological ...