The collision of a meteorite in what is now Arizona left an indelible mark: Meteor Crater. At nearly the same time, a massive landslide blocked the Colorado River, creating a temporary lake in ...

A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...

This surprising connection between Arizona's world-renowned geological features stretches back 56,000 years, to when a ...

A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...

Research Grand Canyon landslide-dam and paleolake triggered by the Meteor Crater impact at 56 ka by a team from the University of New Mexico describes a lake in the Grand Canyon created by a landslide ...

Learn more about the Meteor Crater near the Grand Canyon and how it may have created a paleolake thousands of years ago.

New research reveals that a meteorite strike near Winslow, Arizona, approximately 56,000 years ago, may have triggered a ...

The study dives into questions surrounding how and when driftwood in Stanton’s Cave in the Grand Canyon got there ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...

Cutting‑edge dating reveals driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves 55,250 years ago when a meteor’s shock wave blocked and flooded the river.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Two landmarks in the Desert Southwest may ... impact that could have happened independently," Karlstrom ...

The researchers were fascinated by a landslide that formed a paleolake and an asteroid impact that carved a massive crater, ...