Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

On Earth, we find white rocks in a wide array of geologic settings, and that’s not surprising ... white rocks are a rare find ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

Stephen has a science degree with a major in physics ... Immense glaciers once covered the entire Earth, reaching even the ...

Oregon’s state geologist is pitching a novel idea of using the region’s rocky basalt layer — born of lava that flowed ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Liquid-filled rocks form when minerals trap fluids, but depending on their composition they can either be classed as enhydros ...

Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

Geoscientists employed current-day stratigraphic, depositional and paleontological models, along with modern technological muscle to provide updated insights of the Cambrian period of the Grand Canyon ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Miles beneath the African continent lies something that shouldn't exist - a massive blob-like structure that defies scientific explanation. But this isn't just ...