Different plate tectonic settings produce distinctive basin environments where sedimentary rocks are deposited ... They are called passive because they are not near a plate boundary, and there is very ...

The disappearance of this enormous reef system represents a series of events that constitute the greater geologic history of the Michigan Basin. The Michigan Basin is a bowl-shaped region in central ...

The sedimentary geology program focuses primarily on diverse aspects of clastic basin analysis in a variety of tectonic settings. Studies are broadly integrative with other members of the faculty here ...

Geology of the Lake Tahoe Basin – History and Features is a first-of-its-kind book devoted exclusively to the composition and structure of the Tahoe Basin. Released in November, the 96-page book ...

China has discovered a substantial uranium deposit in the Jingchuan area of the Ordos Basin in the northwestern region of the ...