Researchers found that 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea dried completely and was then suddenly reflooded, marking one of ...

It's time to redraw the map of the world during the reign of the dinosaurs, two scientists say. Picture the U.S. West Coast as a torturous tectonic boundary, similar to Australia and Southeast Asia ...

Different plate tectonic settings produce distinctive basin environments where sedimentary rocks are deposited. Download a chart to use in class and an activity for practicing with these concepts: ...

Millions of years ago, the Red Sea vanished, becoming a vast salt desert for 100,000 years. Around 6.2 million years ago, a ...

The opening and closing of the Rocas Verdes Basin, a back-arc basin in Patagonia, as described by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in a study published in Geology. Panels B and C ...

Some 6. 2 million years ago, the Red Sea basin was not recognizable as the deep blue waters of the ocean it is now.

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A fascinating new study has shaken up our understanding of Earth’s oceans. It reveals that around 15 million years ago, something remarkable happened beneath the surface of the planet: the Earth ...