Explore how ancient environments, tectonic uplift and erosion shaped the Colorado Plateau's red rock landscapes.
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Salt flats develop where water collects in a closed basin and evaporates, leaving dissolved minerals behind. Death Valley's playa surfaces preserve a chang
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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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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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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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A river delta forms where a river enters a standing body of water and deposits sediment faster than waves, tides and currents can remove it. Deltas ar
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Alluvial fans are fan-shaped sediment deposits that form where streams emerge from confined valleys onto flatter terrain. They are common in arid and
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Karst landscapes develop where soluble rocks, especially limestone, are dissolved by water. Sinkholes, disappearing streams, springs and caves are sur
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Coastal fieldwork brings together sedimentology, geomorphology and ocean processes. Cliffs, beaches, dunes and tidal platforms preserve evidence of ch
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