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Recently, the journal SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences published a research by Professor Hongwei KUANG, Dr Nan PENG and Professor Yongqing LIU from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological ...

The geologic record is exactly that: a record. The strata of rock tell scientists about past environments, much like pages in an encyclopedia. Except this reference book has more pages missing than it ...

A new study led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers sheds light on one of the world’s great geological mysteries: a missing chapter of the earth’s rock record known as the Great Unconformity ...

The term Great Unconformity was first used in the year 1869 to describe the prominent stratigraphic surface in the Grand Canyon that separates the shallow marine, ∼525-Myr-old Cambrian Tapeats ...

Scientists have known for some time that there is a huge gap in our planet’s geological record, known as the ‘Great Unconformity’, but had been unable to explain why. The Great Unconformity starts ...