The Cambrian-age Tonto Group is a set of rocks famous for holding clues to the burst of new life that reshaped Earth 500 ...

Samples show uranium up to 3,985 ppm and vanadium up to 2,499 ppm, indicating strong mineralization potential. Shares geological similarities ...

Scientists traced the path of groundwater in the Rocky Mountains, from snowpack to faucet, and found the true length of the ...

Traveling through the national parks of Utah is taking a trip through time. Along the parks’ hiking trails, road and ...

Discover how crevice gardens can pep up a sun filled or shady yard, boost your planting opportunities and make a nature inspired focal point ...

layered with small-grained sedimentary rocks, like siltstone or shale. Siltstone and shale develop foliation during metamorphism, while limestone does not. Perhaps before the metamorphism, this rock ...

The emotions of youth become less all-important and less demanding of our attention. Young people feel that every perceived slight needs ...

Using coupled isotopes, a new study shows that a class of economically important granites are derived by sediment melting without mantle input.

Beneath the Grand Canyon’s iconic layers, scientists have uncovered a fast-paced, 500-million-year-old tale of evolution that ...

AS the rocks which form the continental masses are disintegrated by the action of weathering and other geological agents, their detritus accumulates to form sedimentary rocks, ultimately on the ...

Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on ...