Just how old is Michigan? Michigan has a long geologic history. The oldest rocks in the state are over 3.5 billion years old. The older rocks in the state host important deposits of iron and copper.

KALAMAZOO -- Narrow wooden boxes line a laboratory wall, holding chunks of sandstone from Holland's deep underground formations, dating back at least 550 million years. David Barnes, a Western ...

Activities at the Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education focus on basic and applied research in sedimentary geology, especially as it relates to Michigan, its geologic history and ...

Emerging science shows geologic hydrogen, created under the Earth's crust naturally, may exist in pools that can be extracted for clean energy. A U.S. Geological Survey study of where geologic ...

Lake-level change and landslides are primary controls on the development of coastal environments along the coast of northeastern Lake Michigan. The late Quaternary geology of Sleeping Bear Dunes ...

Michigan Field Geology (Loading...) is an introductory geology course where the first 10 days are taught outdoors on a field trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The best introduction to geological ...