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

The Grand Canyon, one of the most iconic geological formations on Earth, may hold deeper secrets about our planet’s history ...

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

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 ...

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

The "striking coincidence" of a Grand Canyon landslide-dam and paleolake triggered by the Meteor Crater Impact 56,000 years ago WASHINGTON and HOUSTON, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new paper in ...

Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists ...

The article, titled "Grand Canyon landslide‐dam and paleolake triggered by the Meteor Crater impact at 56 ka," highlights the striking coincidence in the geologic ages of a meteor impact and a ...

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Two landmarks in the Desert Southwest ... such as a random rockfall or local earthquake within a ...