The Burren in County Clare is a landscape unlike any other. The chalky grey karst topography was formed beneath the sea then thrust upward, sculpted by a collision of tectonic plates to form a lunar ...
However, it can be quite challenging to figure out exactly when karst landscapes formed. In our new work published today in Science Advances, we show a new way to find the age of these enigmatic ...
"Everyone...welcome to Guilin. This is Elephant Trunk Hill, the symbol of Guilin City. It looks like an elephant drinking from the Li River," said Shawn, translating the explanation provided by a ...
In our study, we found a way to measure the age of pebble-sized iron nodules that formed at the same time as a karst landscape. This method has the technical name of (U/Th)-He geochronology.
Entering the Getu River area, visitors are immediately struck by the dramatic limestone caves formed by collapsed karst systems. The most spectacular among them is a pierced cave where morning ...