A wedge of sediment, pushed up by glacial movement, ... The radar imaged a miles-long pile of sediments as thick as 100 feet deposited beneath the Ross Ice Shelf over the last 1000 years.

Glacial sediments greased the gears of plate tectonics New research highlights the connection between worldwide glaciations, sediments and plate tectonics Date: June 5, 2019 Source: University of ...

JACKSON, Wyo, (AP) - When Darren Larsen pushed off in a packraft into Delta Lake four years ago, he expected that he would probe down a few feet into sediment produced by seven or so centuries of ...

A discovery made in 2011 by Swedish explorers has been at the heart of one of the most fascinating deep-sea mysteries. While ...

The sediment color and composition of each layer in the samples can show what the past climate was like. Dark, organic ...

Geologists found glacial till as expected, but also found weathering from a separate glacial sediment deposited at an unexpected depth — potential evidence of a previously unknown advance of a ...

In the background, vegetation covers the frontal moraine, a glacial sediment deposit marking the glacier's stable position during the pre-industrial period (~1850). The vast area between the current ...

It was zebra-striped, with layers of dark and light sediments running horizontally up the slope. Missoula is the second-biggest city in Montana, with a population of about 75,000, and it sits in a ...

A major drop in sea levels about 34 million years ago should have deposited gargantuan amounts of sandy material onto the ocean floor, but a recent search has come up empty. ... A Search for Ancient ...

Sediment found in Delta Lake suggests that Teton Glacier, one of the Tetons' 11 glaciers, is older than previously thought. Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press Facebook ...

A search for ancient deposits of sandy material expected at continental margins has come up empty. This prominent geological gap hints at poorly understood, powerful, global-scale erosion processes, ...