Tower Rock, a limestone formation in the middle of the Mississippi River, is newly accessible by foot. The destination is now popular with tourists, the Missouri Department of Conservation said. The ...

From the steps of settlers’ cabins to the steeple of the National Cathedral, Indiana-quarried limestone is known nationwide as both a “workhorse of building stones” and a symbol of permanency. “You ...

Abstract Based on the strata, lithologic association and coal-bearing property – using the method of synthetic correlation – the relation between limestone layers and the thick coal seam of the ...

You would have a hard time finding these common Earth rocks on our neighboring planets. Here’s what makes our landscapes so unique. Limestone landscapes, like this one in the Stone Forest in China’s ...

Estrella Resources has kicked off drilling at its Werumata limestone project in Timor-Leste, targeting a massive calcite-rich ...

The echinoids are described from the middle Eocene Warley Hill Formation, Santee Limestone, and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Twenty-seven species are present including the ...

If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and history, from fascinating fossils to unusual rocks.

Large areas in China, especially in the provinces of Guangxi and Guizhou, are covered in limestone formations, deposited in a former ocean some 400 to 250 million years ago and later pushed above ...