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Solving Grand Canyon's puzzling geological history

A new study comes to shed light on a long-lasting mystery about the geology of the Grand Canyon. This involves a time gap in the canyon's rock formations that stretches for more than a billion years....

Why is the Gulf of Mexico so rich in fossil fuel deposits?

Despite the continuous exploration, the Gulf of Mexico still has enormous quantities of oil and gas deposits. From around 335 million years ago until 200 million years ago, all land on Earth was conc...

How geological processes affect the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: The case study of Taiwan

A new study, recently published in Nature Geoscience, focuses on the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere controlled by geological processes such as erosion and weathering of roc...

Finding a missing tectonic plate

Scientists from the University of Houston have managed to detect signs of a controversial tectonic plate knows as the Resurrection Plate. The existence of the Resurrection Plate is an issue long deba...

Study on the East African Rift System: Madagascar will split into pieces

According to a new study on the kinematics of the East African Rift System, much of the continental regions are currently splitting with Madagascar being gradually separated into pieces. East African...

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Solving Grand Canyon's puzzling geological history

Why is the Gulf of Mexico so rich in fossil fuel deposits?

How geological processes affect the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: The case study of Taiwan

Finding a missing tectonic plate

Study on the East African Rift System: Madagascar will split into pieces

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