The opening and closing of the Rocas Verdes Basin, a back-arc basin in Patagonia, as described by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in a study published in Geology. Panels B and C ...

Scientists have unlocked the mysteries behind nine rivers and lakes in North and South America that seem to "defy the rules of hydrology." In a paper published in Water Resource Research, researchers ...

The world's largest ocean basin is also the oldest. A basin is "a depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface," according to National Geographic. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, deepest and oldest ...