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 ...

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 links the impact at Meteor Crater to a Grand Canyon landslide that may have created an ancient lake 56,000 years ...

In a surprising twist, two of Arizona’s most iconic landmarks—Meteor Crater and the Grand Canyon—may be linked by a cosmic event that occurred around 56,000 years ago. According to a new study, the ...

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

New research reveals that a meteorite strike near Winslow, Arizona, approximately 56,000 years ago, may have triggered a massive landslide that blocked the Colorado River, creating an ancient lake ...

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

A meteorite that struck near Winslow, Arizona, about 56,000 years ago may have triggered a massive landslide in the Grand ...