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A groundbreaking discovery by NASA’s Curiosity Rover, featuring a surprisingly rare mineral called siderite, is not only ...

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A newly published study in GSA Today has upended decades-old theories about how some of the Grand Canyon’s oldest layers — ...

The drive to Meramec Caverns takes you through the quintessential Ozark landscape – rolling hills, dense forests, and ...

At first glance, China’s Stone Forests look like something out of a fantasy film—towering rock formations that stretch ...

the limestone has been lying under additional layers of limestone or ice, and quarrying, or the retreat of a glacier, results in the sudden release of overburden weight holding the rock in place. The ...