A new #GSABulletin study of rift-related volcanism shows that 3-D fault structure controls magma pathways, eruption volumes, and whether melts evolve to felsic or stay mafic.
Read more: geosociety.co/Haproff_et_al
#RiftTectonics #BasinAndRange #GSAPubs
Image: Figure 1 from the paper.
New research in #GSABulletin explores how magma moves through shallow, faulted sediments—using exceptional coastal exposures in the western Pyrenees.
Read more: geosociety.co/Agirrezabala_Sarrionandia
#Volcanology #StructuralGeology #GSAPubs
Image: Figure 4 from the paper.
Read the latest geoscience research in the March/April issue of GSA Bulletin, now available online: geosociety.co/BulletinVolume138
#GSAPubs #Geology #Geoscience #EarthScience
Cover: Photogrammetry of outcrops at Lakes of the Gods. Photo by Sophie Johnson.
New #Geology research proposes wide rifting and wide rift-inversion mountain building may have been dominant modes of continental deformation in the Proterozoic, producing mountains that differ from those formed by narrow rift inversion.
Full article: geosociety.co/Ibrahim_and_Rey
#GSAPubs
How long did it take for life to bounce back after the KPg asteroid impact and mass extinction event 66 million years ago? ☄️ A new #Geology study found that life recovered much faster than we previously thought.
🔗 Read the full study: geosociety.co/Lowery_et_al
#MassExtinction #Chicxulub #GSAPubs
New in #GSABulletin: M.N. Ducea and colleagues explore the role of crustal magmatism in the formation and the evolution of orogenic plateaus.
Read the paper and learn more here: geosociety.co/Ducea_et_al
#Geochemistry #Petrology #Tectonics #GSAPubs
Image: Figure 17 from the paper.
New in #GSABulletin: Carbonate U/Th ages confirm the Mono Basin excursion as the Laschamps geomagnetic excursion
Full article: geosociety.co/Ali_el_al
#Geochronology #Paleomagnetism #QuaternaryGeology #GSAPubs
Image: Fig 1 from paper
Tree-ring records reveal the positive feedback between debris flow and climate warming in a periglacial watershed, Eastern Himalaya Syntaxis.
Read the full article: geosociety.co/Li_et_al
#ClimateChange #Himalayas #GSABulletin #GSAPubs
Image: Fig 1 from the paper.
The January 2026 issue of #Geology is available online. Scanning electron microscope images of zircon sand grains from Algodones Dunes, California, USA.
Read the full issue: geosociety.co/Geology_Jan26
#GSAPubs
Photo by M. Colin Marvin.
Catch up on the latest geoscience research in the January/February #GSABulletin issue: geosociety.co/GSABulletin
#GSAPubs #Geology
Cover: Rocher Percé, a famous “pierced rock” in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Québec, Canada, off Percé Bay. Photo by Morgann Perrot.
With co-authors Francis Macdonald, Galen Halverson, Chadlin Ostrander, Sune Nielsen, and Erik Sperling
@stanforddoerr.bsky.social #GSAPubs
New research uncovers fresh geological insights into Brazil’s 40-km-wide Araguainha impact structure.
Explore the full article: geosociety.co/48Eyhxc
#ImpactCratering #Geology #Tectonics #Brazil #GSABulletin #GSAPubs
Image: Figure 14 from the paper.
A new paper redefines transform faults. Read “Transform fault system: A microplate-based perspective on transform faults” in #GSABulletin.
Read the full paper by Sanzhong Li et al.: geosociety.co/4a4kTVr
#Tectonics #GlobalTectonics #StructuralGeology #GSAPubs
Image: Figure 1 from the paper.
New research uncovers how a laterally mixed Pennsylvanian shelf evolved in the Sacramento Mountains.
Read the full article in #GSABulletin: geosociety.co/4aBj6HA
#Geology #Sedimentology #Stratigraphy #Paleozoic #GSAPubs
Image: Figure 26 from the paper.
Did you know that magma can ascend like rain through the upper mantle?
Learn more from this new #Geology paper by Changyeol Lee and colleagues: geosociety.co/4iHVNhk
#GSAPubs #IntraplateVolcanism #Geodynamics #Magmatic
The December issue of #Geology is now online!
Cover photo by Eliel Anttila: Volcaniclastic strata of the Blanca Formation form cliffs along the southern coast of Santa Cruz Island, California, USA
Read the full issue: geosociety.co/3MquUm3
#GSAPubs #CoastRanges #SantaCruz
New #Geosphere study shows Utah’s east Traverse Mountains aren’t fault-bounded—they’re a 75–150 km³ mega-landslide that slid 16 km from the Little Cottonwood stock ~6 Ma!
🔗 Read more: geosociety.co/4oK1QUW
#GSAPubs #UtahGeology #WasatchFront #StructuralGeology #Geoscience
The Nov/Dec issue of #GSABulletin is now online! Explore new research across the geosciences and check out this month’s stunning cover featuring a large microbial buildup in the Upper Cambrian Wilberns Formation.
Read the full issue: geosociety.co/4ewtd0c
#GSAPubs #Geology #Geoscience #EarthScience
The November issue of #Geology is now online. Topics include "Evolution of skeletal mineralogy in cheilostome bryozoans from calcite to aragonite seas" and "Unique leaf mimicry in Jurassic insects."
Read more at geosociety.co/3M2YZaY
#Jurassic #Mineralogy #GSAPubs
What controls rifted margin symmetry? New #Geology models show that mechanical anisotropy alone can shift rifts from symmetric to asymmetric—no rheology changes needed. Even moderate anisotropy can reshape rift systems.
Read more: geosociety.co/3JFKdGy
#Geodynamics #Lithosphere #Geoscience #GSAPubs
The November issue of GSA Today is packed with discovery—mountain bending in Alaska, a new way to visualize lithium resources, and the story of Victorian scientist Hertha Ayrton.
🔗 Read the newest issue here: geosociety.co/4qI5Gz5
#GSAToday #Geoscience #GSAPubs
Did you know sand grains record their transport history?
New research in Geology shows zircon grains reveal their journey through microscopic abrasion “microtextures”—even in billion-year-old rocks!
Read more: geosociety.co/4oHG2J6
#Geology #GSAPubs
510-Ma fossils from North China reveal that some of Earth’s earliest animals built skeletons with cell-controlled organic templates — pushing back the origin of this strategy to the Cambrian explosion.
Read more: geosociety.co/4fD7wwm
#GSAPubs #Paleontology
New #GSABulletin research links volcanism, environment, and marine influence in forming giant karstic bauxite deposits—using Hg and isotope data from China’s largest bauxite belts.
📖 Read more: geosociety.co/41s4S6s
#Geology #Geochemistry #GSAPubs
Did you know Alabama hosts a 5–7 km-wide marine impact crater?
A new #GSABulletin study models the Wetumpka crater’s Late Cretaceous formation—revealing what shaped its unusual rim.
🔗 geosociety.co/45laxfX
#Geology #GSAPubs
A new #Geology study suggests the Northern Appalachian Anomaly is a migrating Rayleigh-Taylor instability, sparked by Labrador Sea rifting ~80 Ma—challenging links to the Central Atlantic margin.
Read more: geosociety.co/4lXmbVn
#Geodynamics #GSAPubs
A new #GSABulletin study analyzes 544 biostratigraphic events across 108 sites in the Mississippi Embayment, revealing patterns of Upper Cretaceous sea-level change and faunal turnover.
🔗 geosociety.co/4fqiogL
#Stratigraphy #CretaceousPeriod #GSAPubs
What drives sedimentation—climate or tectonics?
A new #GSABulletin study from Utah’s Fisher Valley shows a shift from climate-driven to tectonic control, tied to the Onion Creek salt diapir.
📖 geosociety.co/3HoDHme
#Geology #Paleoclimate #GSAPubs
What can manganese reveal about ancient oceans?
A new #GSABulletin study links Permian Mn carbonates in South China to deep-water oxygenation driven by tectonics and sea-level change.
🔗 geosociety.co/4lf7jRa
#Geology #Paleoceanography #GSAPubs
What shaped massive microbial buildups 500+ million years ago in Texas?
A new #GSABulletin study links sea level shifts, sedimentation, and microbial activity in the Upper Cambrian.
Read more: geosociety.co/4lcHMaY
#Geology #TexasGeology #GSAPubs
