The science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves.
Questions tagged [geology]
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Are the footprints found in Great Britain 800,000 years old?
Some footprints were found in Great Britain earlier this year. They are reported to be about 800,000 years old. Here is how they were dated, according to a Yahoo! article:
Scientists dated the footprints by studying their geological position and…
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Are Scotland's oil and gas reserves dwindling?
This article states that Scotland's oil and gas reserves and tax incomes are dwindling:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/07/scottish-independence-economic-implications-niesr
Scotland's immediate fiscal position would be in a worse state…
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Were deserts once oceans/seas?
I was reading The Alchemist and stumbled upon something that says,
Here and there, he found a shell, and realized that the desert, in remote times, had been a sea.
Were the deserts once oceans/seas?
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Do radiometric dating labs throw out 8 of 10 specimens, and are the samples blinded?
I think that my question regarding KNM-ER 1470's and the change from previously believed "good dates" from methods other than the fossil record might be too broad. There is an aspect of the question that should be fairly easy to verify though. The…
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Could El Hierro eruption cause a mega-tsunami?
Could an eruption of El Hierro in the Canary Islands lead to a megatsunami that would threaten the eastern coast of the United States or elsewhere?
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Is the stone used for Ram temple construction 65 million years old?
Ram temple is being constructed in Ayodhya city of India. It has been claimed by various Indian news channels (which I don't trust very much) that a stone is used for its construction which is 65 million years old. Is this really…
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Do "Zombie bacteria" live for millions to tens-of-millions of years?
Sputnik News reports that researchers are finding a "subterranean Galapagos" including "creatures such as microbial life thriving at 121 degrees Celsius or 'zombie bacteria', which can reproduce or live for millions to tens of millions of years."
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Do the military have the technology to trigger earthquakes?
When I was scholar at one class on "aircraft equipments" we also talked about weapons.
The teacher mentioned that the military was developing weapons which were going to cause earthquakes. That was many years ago but whenever I hear about some…
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Does "geopathic stress" cause illness?
There are huge number of articles out there claiming that earth emits some sort of electromagnetic waves. When they are disturbed, it causes geopathic stress to humans which causes various illnesses.
The Geopathic Stress is said to be physically…
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Did granite form instantly?
Is it true that granite has formed in a matter of hours as described (and explained) in "Fingerprints of creation" by Robert Gentry (http://www.halos.com/).
The following simple analogy will show how these polonium microspheres — or halos —…
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Are there any geological periods found on top of each other that have dinosaurs of that period with in them?
In diagrams, It is common to depict geological periods to be directly on top of each other with fossils of that period within them. When looking for evidence of this, I have only found examples of trilobites and shells. However it is common to see…
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Could meteors have been been formed with lead, and mislead radiometric dating?
The age of the Earth has been determined by radiometric dating of meteorites, by seeing how much uranium has decayed into lead.
How do we know the meteor samples weren't formed with lead already in them, and thus confuse the radiometric dating?…
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Was the 2003 Bam earthquake caused by nuclear testing?
From New earthquake hits Iran as Khatami denies Bam disaster caused by nuclear test
Meanwhile, the Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami on Tuesady brushed
aside rumors that a nuclear test in Bam area was the trigger for the
killer quake, saying…
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Evidence for early Earth's atmosphere
What best evidences there are that demonstrate what Earth was like in its early years? According to this video Earth started out with no oxygen in its atmosphere. And according to this link the Earth's atmosphere was dominated by carbon dioxide…
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Will plant-life on Earth end due to too little CO2?
According to a 2013 Daily Mail article :
greater evaporation and chemical reactions with rainwater will take away more and more carbon dioxide.
In less than a billion years, its levels will be too low for photosynthesising plants to survive, say…
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