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Nuclear magnetic resonance experiments using Earth’s magnetic field

Geology Page - August 20, 2014

An illustration from the paper showing oxygen and hydrogen cycling in the deep Earth

When water met iron deep inside the Earth, did it create conditions for life?

Geologic study suggests Earth’s tectonic activity peaked 1.1 billion years ago

$How slick water and black shale in fracking combine to produce radioactive waste$

How slick water and black shale in fracking combine to produce radioactive waste

Diamond crystal

Unique diamond impurities indicate water deep in Earth’s mantle

The volatile processes that shaped Earth

Geology Page - September 28, 2017

Palouse Falls State Park in Washington

From crystals to climate: ‘Gold standard’ timeline links flood basalts to...

Geology Page - September 20, 2018

Earth magnetic field

Mysterious ‘geomagnetic spike’ 3,000 years ago challenges our understanding of the...

Geology Page - November 9, 2017

Ascent or no ascent? How hot material is stopped in Earth’s...

Geology Page - April 24, 2015

Early Earth’s air weighed less than half of today’s atmosphere

Geology Page - May 10, 2016

This is a Wyoming portion of The Phosphoria Formation, a deposit that stretches across several states in the western United States and is the largest source of phosphorus fertilizer in the country

Less life: Limited phosphorus recycling suppressed early Earth’s biosphere

Geology Page - November 28, 2017

Early Earth forecast calls for periodically hazy skies

Geology Page - November 6, 2015

Echoes of ancient Earth identified by scientists?

Geology Page - June 9, 2014

An improved age for Earth’s latest magnetic field reversal using radiometric...

Geology Page - July 8, 2015

Losing air:New study finds a barrage of small impacts likely erased...

Geology Page - December 3, 2014

Comet impacts may have led to life on Earth

Geology Page - August 20, 2015

Measuring the strength of olivine, the most abundant mineral in the...

Geology Page - September 15, 2017

Earth's Layers

Experiments cast doubt on theory of how Earth was formed

Geology Page - August 16, 2017

Unaweep canyon and Earth’s deep-time past

Geology Page - March 19, 2015

Geochemical detectives use lab mimicry to look back in time

Geology Page - April 29, 2016

Voyage from Earth’s crust to its mantle and back again

Geology Page - January 20, 2015

By analyzing centuries-old growth rings from trees in the Intermountain West, researchers at USU are extracting data about monthly streamflow trends from periods long before the early 1900s when recorded observations began.

Between the lines: Tree rings hold clues about a river’s past

Geology Page - January 10, 2018

Magnetic oceans and electric Earth

Geology Page - October 4, 2016

Fossils explain how life coped during snowball Earth

Geology Page - June 15, 2015

Changes in Earth’s crust caused oxygen to fill the atmosphere

Geology Page - September 20, 2017

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