The surface of Earth is being reshaped constantly. Mountainous uplands are broken down by water and wind producing sediment that is moved by rivers to lowlands. Some of this sediment is deposited ...

A large chunk of my Ph.D. research is now out in the journal Sedimentology (you can find it here). The following post is meant to be a general summary of this work for a broader audience and will skip ...

A shale intercalated between oolitic ironstone of the middle member of the Shumaysi Formation yielded a palynomorph assemblage having abundant pollen of various coastal palms and mangrove-associated ...

Bottom water dynamics and contourite depositional systems represent a critical area of research in deep-sea sedimentology and oceanography. These studies address the interplay between the continuous, ...

The stratigraphic profile used here is from the site of Namu. It should be noted that this profile was created through several depositional episodes. The author has chosen to outline the distinctive ...

Vol. 34, No. 1, View from the Outhouse: What We Can Learn from the Excavation of Privies (2000), pp. 111-129 (19 pages) Throughout the 19th century the rear yards of both urban residences and ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The surface of Earth is being reshaped ...