A Geological Society of America announcement on 14 October 2026 highlighted a gathering focused on how changing water resources shape riverscapes and commu
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An open-access study published on 3 October 2026 examined the 2025 Santorini–Amorgos seismic crisis using a large relocated earthquake catalogue. It provid
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A 15 October 2026 Nature Communications study used K–Ar dating to investigate the history of the Altyn Tagh Fault and the transmission of tectonic stress a
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Research reported in Nature Communications on 24 October 2026 examined links between sea-level change and biodiversity dynamics during the Cambrian SPICE e
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A 20 October 2026 Nature news report described a large fossil-data analysis that may change how scientists interpret some of Earth's major extinction inter
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Metamorphism changes the mineralogy and texture of existing rock through heat, pressure and chemically active fluids without requiring complete melting. Th
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Sedimentary structures form as particles are transported, deposited and modified. Bedding, cross-bedding, ripple marks, graded layers and mud cracks can pr
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Igneous textures preserve clues about how magma or lava cooled. Crystal size, shape and arrangement can reveal whether molten material solidified slowly un
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Earth's lithosphere is divided into moving plates that interact at divergent, convergent and transform boundaries. These settings help explain the global d
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Radiometric dating estimates the age of suitable minerals by measuring the proportions of radioactive parent isotopes and their decay products. It provides
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