Scientists have discovered an anomaly related to the increase in the level of beryllium-10 in ocean sediments at the bottom ...

The beginning and end of each chunk of time in the geologic time scale is determined by when some species appeared or disappeared from the fossil record. When many species went extinct around the same ...

Understanding Earth's Deep Past provides an assessment of both the demonstrated and underdeveloped potential of the deep-time geologic record to inform us about the dynamics of the global climate ...

Sedimentation is controlled by them, and the stratigraphic series constitutes a record, written on tablets of stone, of these lesser and greater waves which have pulsed through geologic time.” ...

For example, analyzing the geologic history can uncover a more detailed record of past earthquakes preserved in the rocks. This knowledge allows scientists to make more informed assessments about ...