What is more, in extending the earthquake record beyond the written sources, archaeoseismology serves as a bridge between instrumental and historical seismology, on the one hand, and palaeoseismology and earthquake geology, on the other.

UNESCO: Tales set in Stone: learning from ancient earthquakes

According to one congressman, staffing at the National Geology and Mining Service, the industry regulator, has not increased much since it was founded in 1980, despite a fivefold increase in the output of copper in that period.

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The 10, 000 square miles of 3-D renderings the geologists have stitched together constitute one of the most comprehensive models of the geology of the Gulf of Mexico.

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For anyone about to begin their study of geology, cross-stratification, or cross-bedding, will be one of the first topics to be covered in "sedimentary processes", and Shaler is a beautiful example.

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The IGCP was founded in 1972 to confirm the existence of Gondwana, one of two megacontinents with Laurasia which formed about 145 Ma, by correlating the geology of modern continents.

UNESCO: Open Access to Scientific Information

One IGCP project in 2000 was even at the origin of a new field: medical geology, the science dealing with the impact of our natural environment on human and animal health.

UNESCO: Open Access to Scientific Information