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Southern California’s tectonic plates revealed in detail

Geology Page - October 9, 2011

Rifting is one of the fundamental geological forces that have shaped our planet. Were it not for the stretching of continents and the oceans...

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Types of Opal

June 21, 2016

Study faults a ‘runaway’ mechanism in intermediate-depth earthquakes

December 23, 2013

Extreme geothermal activity discovered beneath New Zealand’s Southern Alps

June 3, 2017

Photograph panorama looking over the devastation of the Kedarnath landslide, June 2013, Uttarakhand state, India.

Landslides triggered by human activity on the rise

August 24, 2018

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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona

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Glacial polish reflects sunlight at Pothole Dome in Yosemite National Park, California.

Study reveals structure and origins of glacial polish on Yosemite’s rocks