A new study offers insights into a puzzling piece of the geological history of the Grand Canyon and surrounding regions.

Weathering and erosion slowly chisel, polish, and buff Earth's rock into ever evolving works of art—and then wash the remains into the sea. The processes are definitively independent ...

Weathering is similar ... one of the biggest and most famous cases of erosion can be found at the Grand Canyon. Watch the video above for a look at the full explanation. Submit photos or videos ...

Erosion is the process that wears away the river bed and banks. Erosion also breaks up the rocks that are carried by the river. Landslides are occasional, rapid movements of a mass of earth or ...

New data from Lago Argentino, Patagonia reveal that glacial erosion occurs in discrete pulses, which challenges previous ...

While water erosion continues to be the most serious ... under forest vegetation and is characterized by a high degree of weathering and horizon development, often including very acid sub-soil ...

The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size to Earth’s Grand Canyon, are hidden on the ... “It was destroyed by erosion, plate tectonics, and other geologic processes.

Every human step into the canyon represents about 20,000 years' worth of erosion. This short film could be used to stimulate discussion with students about just how slow the process of erosion can ...