Deep beneath the North Sea, researchers have mapped giant buried mounds and "sinkites" that turn a basic rule of geology on ...

Ground fissures and tectonic faults represent critical structural features within sedimentary basins, where the interplay of regional stress fields, depositional environments and, at times, human ...

NEW ORLEANS, April 2 -- Add one more possible threat to Louisiana's rebuilding: active geologic faults that are causing levees, flood walls, bridges, homes and other structures to sink. A new study, ...

A new AI tool reveals that Campi Flegrei experienced more than 54,000 earthquakes between 2022 and 2025. By mapping these ...

The study of Structural Geology and Tectonics concerns the deformation of the Earth's crust and mantle. The scale of observation can be from the submicroscopic level to a mountain chain like the Rocky ...

Geophysical interpretation of existing data shows strong correlation between till anomalies and underlying faulted and folded rocks; Gold occurrences in the general area are characterized by a black ...

Officials of the California Geological Survey marked the agency's 150th anniversary Tuesday by releasing two updated maps revealing the latest information on all the state's active seismic faults, as ...

The geometric structure of rocks where earthquakes occur could play a key role in determining their location and strength, researchers have found. A study, carried out by geologists at Brown ...

A drilling rig used for fracking. Oklahoma, Ohio and Arkansas have experienced an unusually large number of earthquakes in recent years. The shaking is rising at the same time that oil and gas ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. View of Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the ...