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A view of a low cliff on Mars, showing different layers of rocks
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Origin Story for Mars’s Burns Formation

by Morgan Rehnberg 3 May 20233 May 2023

The Red Planet’s Grasberg and Burns formations have different compositions today, but they may have started out the same way.

Virtual field experience of Whaleback anticline
Posted inNews

The Rise of Gaming-Based Virtual Field Trips

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 27 January 20239 May 2023

Geologists are harnessing a game engine to build environments for teaching and learning.

The Secret Spire rock formation, or hoodoo, in Moab, Utah.
Posted inNews

Rock Music in Utah

by Robin Donovan 3 May 20229 May 2023

Three-dimensional models could help forecast rock tower frequencies—and seismic impacts—around the globe.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Zircons and Plate Tectonics

by Vincent Salters 29 April 20229 May 2023

New data on ancient zircons points to a transition from stagnant lid to subduction style tectonics at 3.6 Ga ago.

Two microstructural schematic diagrams showing how clay influences the void space connectivity and permeability of unfaulted sandstone and faulted sandstone.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Clay Type, Not Just Content, Crucial for Fault Zone Permeability

by Michael Heap 14 February 202219 October 2022

Faults containing clays are often considered as barriers to fluid flow but new work shows that fault processes leading to the formation of clays can increase permeability relative to the host rock.

Yellow and orange swirls color a chunk of Navajo sandstone in Grand Staircase.
Posted inFeatures

When Climate Ruled the Dinosaurs of Grand Staircase

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 30 December 20219 May 2023

Living in Geologic Time: Navigate the prolific boneyards and shifting boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments.

Looking out from inside Lower Antelope Canyon, with the sky near the top of the frame. Characteristic layering in the sandstone is visible.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The First Angstrom-Scale View of Weathering

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 15 March 202113 October 2022

Researchers observe how water vapor and liquid alter sedimentary rocks through physical and chemical processes.

The Washington Monument peeks out from behind a sandstone gatepost
Posted inGeoFIZZ

Self-Guided Tour of the Geology in D. C. Buildings

by L. Strelich 6 December 201813 October 2022

The architecture of the nation’s capital reveals a secret geologic history—take a walking tour to spot the interesting fossils and minerals in the stones used to build the halls of power.

Bee sitting in sandstone hole.
Posted inNews

Rock-Chomping Bees Burrow into Sandstone

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 26 September 201611 January 2022

A previously unknown species of rock-excavating bees, discovered 40 years ago but not reported in the scientific literature, finally gets the spotlight.

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