White Sands in New Mexico is known for its bright dune field, which is unusual because the dunes are made largely of gypsum rather than the quartz sand com
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Petrified wood forms when buried plant material is gradually mineralised, preserving aspects of the original wood structure. It is a fossil record of ancie
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The Basin and Range Province is recognised by alternating mountain ranges and broad valleys. Much of this pattern developed as the crust stretched and brok
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The Rio Grande Rift is an extensive zone where the continental crust of the southwestern United States has been stretched. Its basins, fault scarps and vol
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An unconformity is a surface that represents a gap in the geological record. It can form when deposition stops, older rocks are eroded, or both processes o
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Faults are fractures along which rocks have moved relative to one another. They record deformation, influence groundwater pathways and help explain the dis
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Folds are bends in rock layers produced when rocks deform under stress. They are common in mountain belts and sedimentary basins, where compression, burial
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Nature reported on 7 October 2026 that NASA had released a collection of images and observations from the Artemis II flight. The material offers planetary
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A scientific drilling paper published in September 2026 described the GRIND-ECT initiative, designed to obtain a detailed rock archive across the Ediacaran
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A Geological Society of America journal listing for October 2026 featured research discussion about large domal stromatolites in a 3.47-billion-year-old Pa
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