A basin is a depression in Earth or a dip that is lower than the rest of the surrounding land. Basins are shaped like bowls with sides higher than the bottom. Know how they are formed, where they are ...

Almost all amber from the past 130 million years was found in the northern hemisphere, so this deposit offers a rare window into southern Gondwana's humid Cretaceous forests.

The Sichuan basin is an oil-bearing and gas-rich basin with extensive development of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation shale in southwestern China. The gas shows in the shale were identified in ...

The Anadarko may be an oldie, but its still a goodie in U.S. oil and gas exploration. Here are the essentials you need to know. To help Foolish investors better understand the oil and gas boom in the ...