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Found: Surviving evidence of Earth’s formative years

Geology Page - May 13, 2016

This is a schematic illustration of water currents.

How a ‘shadow zone’ traps the world’s oldest ocean water

Kaolinite sinks into the subduction zone with the oceanic plate.

Clay mineral waters Earth’s mantle from the inside

New Test Adds to Scientists’ Understanding of Earth’s History, Resources

Comet impacts may have led to life on Earth

Nuclear magnetic resonance experiments using Earth’s magnetic field

Geology Page - August 20, 2014

Benjamin Johnson of Iowa State University woks at an outcrop in remote Western Australia where geologists are studying 3.2-billion-year-old ocean crust. Photo by Jana Meixnerova. Photos provided by Benjamin Johnson.

Geologists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed...

Geology Page - March 8, 2020

Meteorites may have brought building blocks of life to Earth

Geology Page - October 3, 2017

Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park

How sulfur helped make Earth habitable before the rise of oxygen

Geology Page - November 7, 2019

Researchers conducting fieldwork in Namibia as part of a previous study.

Ancient records prompt rethink of animal evolution timeline

Geology Page - March 12, 2019

Geologists study the drying up of the Mediterranean Sea 5.96 million...

Geology Page - September 26, 2017

Copper Chains: Earth’s Deep-Seated Hold On Copper Revealed

Geology Page - April 8, 2012

Study of Earth’s crust tells of first plate tectonics and life...

Geology Page - February 2, 2014

Graphic showing the Transition Zone inside the Earth Princeton seismologist Jessica Irving worked with then-graduate student Wenbo Wu and another collaborator to determine the roughness at the top and bottom of the transition zone, a layer within the mantle, using scattered earthquake waves. They found that the top of the transition zone, a layer located 410 kilometers down, is mostly smooth, but the base of the transition zone, 660 km down, in some places is much rougher than the global surface average. “In other words, stronger topography than the Rocky Mountains or the Appalachians is present at the 660-km boundary,” said Wu. NOTE: This graphic is not to scale. Credit: Kyle McKernan, Office of Communications

Massive Bolivian earthquake reveals mountains 660 kilometers below our feet

Geology Page - February 16, 2019

Geological game changer: New study shakes up understanding of when continents...

Geology Page - June 11, 2015

Earth may be 140 years away from reaching carbon levels not...

Geology Page - February 21, 2019

fresh olivine (large green, blue and pink crystals) and glass inclusion (lower left inset)

Newly discovered Minerals in Volcanic Rock that May Offer new insights...

Geology Page - November 4, 2017

Quantum mechanics inside Earth’s core

Geology Page - July 12, 2017

Mud Volcanoes

The geological record of mud deposits

Geology Page - June 27, 2020

New light shed on how Earth and Mars were created

Geology Page - September 28, 2017

A laser-heated diamond anvil cell is used to simulate the pressure and temperature conditions of Earth's core.

What does Earth’s core have in common with salad dressing?

Geology Page - May 7, 2019

Geologic imaging technique measures strength of Earth’s outer shell

Geology Page - October 3, 2016

Earth Sciences student research on metamorphic rock in North China

Geology Page - October 4, 2016

Scientists theorize new origin story for Earth’s water

Geology Page - November 8, 2018

‘False’ biosignatures may complicate search for ancient life on Earth, other...

Geology Page - September 21, 2016

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Photomicrograph in crossed polars of precious-metal bearing peridotite. Note the optical zoning (light/dark bands) in the plagioclase (grey coloured mineral) in the central part of the image. The occurrence of this zoning was the focus of the study in question. The width of the image frame is 4 mm. Credit: Nat. Geosci. (2020).

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Scientists find evidence of how platinum metals form under 60 million-year-old...