Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island, is a living testament to the power of geological forces. Its dramatic ...

Memoir (Society of Vertebrate Paleontology), Vol. 17, Vertebrate and Climatic Evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia (November 2017), pp. 65-79 (15 pages) We report new data on ...

Madagascar’s land reshaped twice. Two giant rifts flipped slopes, reversed rivers, and formed isolated landscapes that ...

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

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 ...

A study of the structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift in central Greece will increase scientific understanding of rifted margin development and the tectonic mechanisms underlying seafloor ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 28-- A string of basins in the Greenland Sea off northeastern Greenland is probably more gas prone than previously thought but still would rank 19th in resources among 500 world oil and ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ecosystem of the region, as well as the way humans live. In the geologic ...

Different plate tectonic settings produce distinctive basin environments where sedimentary rocks are deposited. Download a chart to use in class and an activity for practicing with these concepts: ...

Bida basin, the least studied of Nigeria’s inland frontier basins, is believed to have oil and gas resources. No exploration wells have been drilled. Researchers are studying geophysical data and ...

Throughout the geologic history of our area our crust has been through several mountain building events, seriously deforming our bedrock. Our Appalachian Mountains were uplifted to an elevation ...