Geologists in North Carolina’s Sandhills have uncovered direct evidence of a late Eocene meteorite impact and tsunami, linked to the Chesapeake Bay impact structure. Led by G. Robert Ganis, this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The Silverpit Crater is situated in the Silverpit Basin in the ...

Paul Heinrich, retired associate researcher with the Louisiana Geological Survey at LSU, discovered citronelle formations in the fractures in the clayey, or clay-like, sands exposed in the ditch ...