Sediments settle in layers as they reach calmer waters, such as reservoirs and oceans. Over time, pressure and cementation transform these sediments into sedimentary rocks like sandstone and ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled. Named "St. Pauls Bay" by the mission team, the Mars rock features hundreds of millimeter-size dark gray ...

The rock layers themselves along this fault line are a mixture of different types of rocks. The region the researchers examined is covered by a network of borehole seismometer stations located ...

The discipline of geology offers a fantastic variety of vocational pathways, as well as high employability. Students of geology acquire critical, analytical and practical skills. Geological careers ...

A study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really matter for the generation of earthquakes. Earthquakes occur along fault lines between ...