Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...

A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...

A meteorite impact thousands of years ago may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon and reshaped the Colorado River ...

Cutting‑edge dating reveals driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves 55,250 years ago when a meteor’s shock wave blocked and ...

Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists ...

W hen an asteroid made Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, it did more than leave the Earth’s best preserved impact crater.

The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...

The study dives into questions surrounding how and when driftwood in Stanton’s Cave in the Grand Canyon got there ...

The presence of driftwood and lake sediments has long been known in Stanton's Cave in Marble Canyon of eastern Grand Canyon. The mouth of the cave is 150 feet above the river, so geologists wondered ...

Roughly 37 miles east of Flagstaff, Meteor Crater—formally known as Barringer Crater—was formed approximately 50,000 years ...

A new study suggests a meteor strike that created Arizona’s Meteor Crater 56,000 years ago may have triggered a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon, blocking the Colorado River and forming a 50-mile ...