Geology Articles

• Geography
  Earthquakes
  Oceanography
  Geology
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
   
  

  Oceanic trench

  The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They also are the deepest parts of the ocean floor. Trenches define one of the most important ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Tsunamis
  Wildfires
  Geography
   
  

  San Andreas Fault

  San Andreas Fault is a geological fault that spans a length of roughly 800 miles (1287 kilometres) through California, United States. The fault, a right-lateral strike-slip fault, marks a transform ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Geology
  Geography
  Earth Science
   

  North Anatolian Fault

  The North Anatolian Fault is one of the most energetic earthquake zones in the world. Turkey is set on a minor tectonic plate which is being squeezed westwards as the Arabian and the Eurasian plates ... > more
• Geology
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Climate
   
  

  Feldspar

  Feldspar is the name of a group of rock-forming minerals which make up as much as 60% of the Earth's crust. Feldspars crystallize from magma in both intrusive and extrusive rocks, and they can also ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Tsunamis
  Earth Science
  Geography
   
  

  Hayward Fault Zone

  The Hayward Fault Zone is located in northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is parallel to and east of its more famous (and much longer) sister fault, the San Andreas ... > more
• Landslides
  Natural Disasters
  Volcanoes
  Snow and Avalanches
  Geology
  Earth Science
   
  

  Landslide

  A landslide is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes, and shallow debris ... > more
• Fossils
  Dinosaurs
  Extinction
  Geography
  Origin of Life
  Geology
   

  Mesozoic

  The Mesozoic Era is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. The Mesozoic includes three geologic periods: from oldest to youngest, they are the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Sports Science
  Geology
  Global Warming
  Early Climate
   
  

  Volcano

  A volcano is an opening (or rupture) in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from deep below the surface. Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of ... > more
• Global Warming
  Early Climate
  Climate
  Ice Ages
  Fossils
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Geologic temperature record

  This article is devoted to temperature changes in Earth's environment as determined from geologic evidence on multi-million to billion (109) year time scales. The last 3 million years have been ... > more
• Water
  Nature of Water
  Sports Science
  Recycling and Waste
  Floods
  Thermodynamics
   
  

  Hydrogeology

  Hydrogeology is the part of hydrology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust (commonly in ... > more

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