Earlier this month, Jason P. Briner and a group of geology students trekked across northern Batavia to delve into glacial deposits. Yes, Western New York and all of Canada once hunkered down beneath ...

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A massive spinning wheel in one researcher's lab could help explain how major earthquakes get their start and help shed light on the risks that earthquakes pose. "Anything that improves our ...

Physicists get the glory in underground science, but in 2008, a soft-spoken Rapid City geologist will play a major role in converting the Homestake gold mine in Lead into a national laboratory.