Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a ...

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, ...

Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

SALALAH: The Environment Authority in Dhofar Governorate, in cooperation with the National Survey Authority and the Royal Air ...

The resulting geological map (Figure 2) will greatly aid ongoing and further exploration. Figure 2: Geological map, Block 8, Power Arabia, June 2025 Al Maider Prospect ...

Mantle plumes are one of the most dynamic geologic processes on Earth. As their name suggests, these plumes move hot rock near the core-mantle boundary toward the surface, creating new landmasses ...

Researchers have discovered a colossal, hidden column of heat surging upward from the Earth's core beneath eastern Oman - a phenomenon they've dubbed a“ghost plume.” This mysterious geological ...

Scientists believe they've discovered a 'ghost' plume for the first time. Rising from Earth's core beneath Oman, the unusually elusive column of hot rock shows no surface volcanic activity, unlike ...

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 ...

A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape the continent and the world. Tectonic forces are gradually pulling the African continent apart, potentially creating a new ocean.

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...