What is a Delta? A delta is an accumulation of sediments at the mouth of a river that may consist of a network of distributary channels, wet...
Showing posts with label erosion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label erosion. Show all posts
February 03, 2017
climate change
discovery
environmental
erosion
evaporite
geologic time
geological structures
guest blog
hydrogeology
Messinian
Ocean floor
Salinity crisis
Sea floor
The Messinian Salinity Crisis
You will have heard of The Messinian Salinity Crisis no doubt. From learned articles, geology textbooks, probably lectures at your college ...
January 27, 2017
Abrasion
Banded Iron Formation.
basin
discovery
environmental
erosion
evaporite
field work
geologic time
geological structures
geological time scale
Ocean floor
Sea floor
sedimentary rock
stratigraphy
Banded-iron formations (BIFs) - Evidence of Oxygen in Early Atmosphere
Our knowledge about the rise of oxygen gas in Earth’s atmosphere comes from multiple lines of evidence in the rock record, including the age...
January 07, 2017
Abrasion
discovery
erosion
field work
geological structures
geological time scale
geology
James Hutton
rocks
sedimentary rock
sedimentary structure
sediments
stratigraphy
stress
structure
unconformity
Siccar Point - the world's most important geological site and the birthplace of modern geology
Siccar Point is world-famous as the most important unconformity described by J ames Hutton (1726-1797) in support of his world-changin...
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