Delicate Arch in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. Courtesy of Flickr user Dimitry.S. Some of the most stunning structural feats aren’t built by architects or sculpted by artists. From Bryce ...

Researchers have introduced a multi-parameter acoustic emission model to monitor progressive cracking in sandstone during uniaxial loading. The method determines crack closure, initiation, and damage ...

Virginia Tech geological-sciences Ph.D. candidate Jason Reed is trying to determine what controls sandstone formation and how its resulting reservoir quality can aid oil and gas companies search for ...

Gravity, not glue, allows towering sandstone pillars and arches to withstand howling wind and pouring rain, researchers propose July 20 in Nature Geoscience. Sandstone forms when tiny sand grains bind ...