11 stories tagged geology, newest first.
69 points by elsewhen | 44 comments
SFGATE article about the Great Crack, an 8-mile-long fissure in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park whose formation remains poorly understood.
4 points by gumby | 0 comments
Gizmodo article on research finding Earth tilted to restore rotational balance multiple times during the dinosaur era, shifting sea levels globally.
24 points by emot | 11 comments
ScienceDaily news release from Louisiana State University reporting that a subduction zone off Vancouver Island is tearing apart, suggesting such systems die piece by piece.
101 points by armenarmen | 39 comments
An interactive map plotting 1,596 US hot springs over a geothermal heat flow map, showing springs cluster where subsurface heat reaches the surface fastest.
503 points by speckx | 100 comments
A post on the Chamblissian personal blog titled "God sleeps in the minerals," featuring a photo of an iridescent crystal cluster.
437 points by chrononaut | 77 comments
Smithsonian article on CCTV footage from Myanmar's March earthquake showing the first video of a fault in motion, revealing a curved slip path.
323 points by antidnan | 199 comments
USGS national news release on using machine learning to estimate large lithium resources in brines of the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas.
538 points by jandrewrogers | 294 comments
Jackson Hole News&Guide article with video of a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone's Biscuit Basin that sent tourists fleeing.
437 points by theandrewbailey | 341 comments
USGS event page for the magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey on April 5, 2024, with maps and impact information.
651 points by jseliger | 302 comments
Chemistry World news article on a lithium deposit found in an ancient US volcanic caldera that could be the largest ever discovered.
375 points by ohjeez | 68 comments
Interactive 3D globe showing Earth's continental layout at selected points in geologic time, here 470 million years ago in the Ordovician, with city search.