A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological ...

To define a time period formally, geologists must identify distinctive signals in sediments or rocks that can be correlated around the globe, and the presence of such markers is ubiquitous.

Explore the fascinating process of relative dating of rock layers, a crucial method used by geologists to determine the ...

Have humans triggered a new geologic era? Geologists disagree if the Anthropocene exists or not Human influence on the environment is undeniable, but is it enough to merit its own epoch?

Scientists have solved the mysterious absence of star-shaped dunes from Earth's geological history for the first time, dating one back thousands of years.