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Broad surfaces called terraces preserve ancient river floodplains and landscape history up to hundreds of meters above the Fortymile River, a tributary of the Yukon River, in eastern Alaska. Researchers from the USGS, the University of Vermont, Purdue University and Utah State University publish definitive support that increases in sediment deposited to oceans from river erosion coincide with dramatic changes in glacial cycles. Credit: USGS

Geoscientist Aids Study of Climatic Change Impacts on River Erosion

Geology Page - July 25, 2020

Mekong River

New understanding of Mekong River incision

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

Riverbed armor

How Rivers Resist Erosion

Rivers on three worlds tell different tales

Araguaia River

Geology Page - December 22, 2014

Vilyuy River

Geology Page - December 7, 2014

Zambezi River

Geology Page - November 25, 2014

Massive river system buried under today’s Goldfields

Geology Page - November 25, 2014

Danube River

Geology Page - November 23, 2014

Yarlung Tsangpo River

Geology Page - November 17, 2014

Brahmaputra River

Geology Page - November 10, 2014

Nizhnyaya Tunguska River

Geology Page - November 3, 2014

Rio Grande River

Geology Page - October 30, 2014

Saint Louis River

Geology Page - October 24, 2014

St. Marys River

Geology Page - October 14, 2014

St. Clair River

Geology Page - October 8, 2014

Detroit River

Geology Page - October 2, 2014

Niagara River

Geology Page - September 20, 2014

Saint Lawrence River

Geology Page - September 18, 2014

Salween River

Geology Page - September 13, 2014

Naryn River

Geology Page - September 6, 2014

Syr Darya

Geology Page - August 18, 2014

São Francisco River

Geology Page - August 16, 2014

Indus River

Geology Page - August 15, 2014

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Fossil and life reconstruction of Juravenator, a small carnivorous dinosaur from the Jurassic of Germany. The arrow points to the sensory organ, which are found on polygonal scales covering the lower part of the tail. Credit: Jake Baardse.

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