Sandy McGillivray, an archaeologist studying the Minoan ruins of Palaikastro on the eastern shore of Crete, had never seen anything like it. While strolling along the beach, McGillivray noticed bits ...

Big Four Mountain's mystery: 82-degree tilted rock layers defy geology's horizontal rule. There’s a basic rule in geology: Sedimentary rock layers build up horizontally. So how did the slabs of Big ...

Rock layers preserve record of ancient sea tides near Blythe, California Researchers say sedimentary rocks along the rim of the Colorado River valley have regular tidal influences and point to uplift ...

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

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