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A complex mixture of human and geological factors mean that this stunningly beautiful peninsula of seaside Southern ...

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name ...

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The fossils were found in the Sirius Passet—a sedimentary deposit dating back over half a billion years ago and located in Peary Land, North Greenland. The site, which was discovered by accident in ...

Manganese-rich sandstones discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover indicate there were once habitable conditions in the Gale ...

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