clay mineralogy analysis; gamma ray logging of test holes and newly drilled water wells; test drilling by rotosonic and other techniques; and landform and sediment analysis using LiDAR and other ...

The two disciplines are core components to other fields of geoscience research including paleobiology, geobiology, tectonics, paleoclimate, petroleum geology, Earth history, geochronology, ...

Deep-sea sediment cores are vital to our understanding of the past and present oceans. They record the geological history of the ocean ... grain size, x-ray analysis, isotope analysis, carbon dating, ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...

Paul Hill’s group takes a multi-faceted approach to the study of fine-sediment transport and distribution in the ... Stephanie Kienast’s group unravels past ocean and climate conditions through ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts ... picking up or destroying anything in their path, and move tons of sediment during a ...