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Ancient landscapes of western North America : a geologic history with paleogeographic maps / Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details author Blakey, Ronald C ...
LEONARD G. WILSON, LYELL ON THE GEOLOGICAL SIMILARITY OF NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE, Earth Sciences History, Vol. 1 (1982), pp. 45-47 ...
New research reveals that heat on the continent of North America plays an important role in Asia’s monsoon season.
New research reveals North America's ancient bedrock is slowly sinking into the Earth's mantle due to the Farallon Plate subduction.
Stony Run, with its headwaters in North Baltimore, is one of several worldwide spots under study at Johns Hopkins University, proving the interconnection of North America with Norway, Scotland and ...
Scientists have solved the mysterious absence of star-shaped dunes from Earth's geological history for the first time, dating one back thousands of years.
The Appalachian Mountains, with their ancient peaks and timeworn ridges, are a familiar sight in Eastern North America. But beneath them, deep within the Earth’s crust, a geological anomaly is ...
The recent research adds to previous studies, pointing to a new hypothesis in geological history. Experts suggest that the supercontinent ... hot blob split Greenland from North America 80 million ...
Born in Williamstown, Florence Bascom was the daughter of Williams College orator and professor of political economy John Bascom and his wife, Emma Curtiss Bascom. Bascom Lodge atop Mount Greylock ...