Following on from the authors' successful 1992 book, this is the only volume that considers sandstone landforms from a truly global perspective. It describes the wide variety of landforms that are ...

The sea receded, and as the former seabed became a desert, the wind began to plane away the sandstone and shale above the bones. Slowly the world changed. Shifts in the Earth's crust pushed India ...

Then the oil collected in a "trap" of porous sandstone or limestone, and an impermeable cap of shale or salt kept it from escaping. Any gap in this lucky chain of happenstance means a dry hole today.

This is the Marcellus shale, a family of rocks rich in fossil fuels. For Mr Wyman, owner of a local crane company, it is a site of deep reverence. “You only ever see bits and pieces of the ...

The study revealed that the eastern Sirka coalfield in the region exhibited higher hydrocarbon generation potential compared ...

The answer has a lot to do with the state's geology and environment. Over millions of years, sandstone and shale eroded and left behind a vast plain of clay tinted red by iron oxide. This made ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the wake of escalating erosion and repeated collapse of portions of Varkala Cliff, the district ...

As we walk around in our day-to-day lives in Butler County, below our feet, sometimes miles or just below the surface, there ...

Dan Eberhart is CEO of Canary, LLC. Don’t bet against America’s shale producers. Every oil market analyst should know this by now, but many still can’t resist calling an end to the shale boom.

Others may opt for the jaw-dropping Cave of the Winds (adults $21/£16), a precarious viewing platform known as the ‘Hurricane ...