Explore how ancient environments, tectonic uplift and erosion shaped the Colorado Plateau's red rock landscapes.
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The Great Unconformity: What a Missing Billion Years Can Tell Us About Earth — An accessible, evidence-led geology feature for readers interested in Earth science and geological history.
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The Capitan Reef of West Texas and New Mexico is a major Permian carbonate system preserved around the margins of an ancient basin. Its rocks record a mari
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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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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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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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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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