For years, social media users have shared images and videos they claimed show Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological ...

Geology is the study of Earth's history, composition and evolution. We tackle this through a multidisciplinary programme stretching from understanding Earth materials, internal processes that cause ...

A new spring and summer course at Taylor University provides stu- dents with an opportunity to study geology in one of the world’s most geologically active areas: Iceland. The course, “Geology of Ice- ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) warns that lahars can destroy everything in their path, burying roads, homes, and infrastructure under thick layers of mud and rock. Historical evidence suggests ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the initial quake occurred at a depth of 6.6 kilometers and was followed two minutes later by a tremor of magnitude 3.8 — the first in a series of quakes ...

Experts suspect that Iceland might hold fragments of submerged continental crust beneath thick, volcanic rock, which suggests that the region’s geologic story is more complex than a simple hot plume ...

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