Many products including masonry stones and gasoline, gypsum wallboard (sometimes known by the brand name Sheetrock) and jewelry, natural gas, and table salt are the result of efforts in the broad field known as economic geology. It is the study of metals, fuels and other materials from the earth that are of interest to industry [...]

Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, U.S. With more than 24,100 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In the year 1872 the college became the state’s first public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama.

A great idea is to find out more about the geology of the place you live. It may become an interesting hobby to explore your native area. There are so many peculiarities demanding to be discovered. Some areas are mostly sedimentary, while others are metamorphic. What if the place you live now has been a [...]