A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.

Menu Local Geology History, Resources, and Facilities Geologic History of Southwestern Ohio Since 1968, the Karl E. Limper Geology Museum has been serving Miami University, residents of southwestern ...

“Exploring the Berryessa Region: A Geology, Nature and History Tour,” a new book by publisher Backcountry Press, engages and guides visitors through a relatively unknown yet remarkable landscape near ...

Whenever I start a multi-day geology class, I start with a brief “History of Geology” section. Covering what folks believed 400 years ago is a good way to set the tone for what we will be studying the ...

A practicing geologist can benefit from the history of geology professionally in two main ways: by learning about past mistakes so as not to repeat them and by finding out about different ways to ...

MSRLMAI copy Purchased from the C. Michael Gooden Endowment. Preface and acknowledgments / Gary D. Rosenberg and Renee M. Clary -- Dedication to Michele La Clergue Aldrich (1942-2016) / Renee M. Clary ...

It's time to redraw the map of the world during the reign of the dinosaurs, two scientists say. Picture the U.S. West Coast as a torturous tectonic boundary, similar to Australia and Southeast Asia ...

The prevailing geological model of the early 19th century was characterized by an almost static earth, maybe slowly cooling and shrinking, until the molten interior would eventually be completely ...

No work on any science has yet been published in our language more exhaustive of facts, more clear in statement, or more philosophical in general character and arrangement, than Dana’s “ Mineralogy,” ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American "Consequently, if my theory be true, it is ...

No more appropriate writer could have been found for this condensed history of geology than the author of the recently published “History of the Geological Society of London.” The personal touches ...