Journal of Coastal Research, SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 54. Geologic and Environmental Dynamics of the Pontchartrain Basin (FALL 2009), pp. 12-22 (11 pages) The Pontchartrain Basin extends over 44,000 km² from ...

Ground fissures and tectonic faults represent critical structural features within sedimentary basins, where the interplay of regional stress fields, depositional environments and, at times, human ...

The eroded, fossil-laden landscape of the Rainbow Basin Natural Area north of Barstow, Calif., invites exploration of its multicolored formations, winding desert canyons and washes with areas of dense ...

Two main points emerge: the Congo discharge levels were markedly unstable during the second half of the century, decreasing steeply over the last decade; and, although the discharge fluctuations are ...

The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades. According to researchers, the basin's vast oil and gas reserves are the result of a remarkable ...

LARAMIE — The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently published updated geological maps of the Rawlins and Red Desert Basin quadrangles, providing critical new insights into the geology, ...

Finding shooting star flowers and orchids in the no-frills Mojave Desert sounds like an impossible task, yet they’ll be blooming in April and May at Calico Basin. Located near but outside of Red ...

Dr. William Harrison is professor emeritus in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Western Michigan University. In his 30 year teaching career, he supervised and served on ...

The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon's oldest and largest visible crater—a massive geological wound 4 billion years old that preserves secrets about the moon's early history, much like a lunar time ...

Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province / Zhan-Xiang Qiu, Lawrence J. Flynn -- History of Scientific Exploration of Yushe Basin / Zhan-Xiang Qiu, Richard H. Tedford -- Cenozoic Geology of the Yushe Basin / ...