The tombstone (which dates back to 1627) is actually black limestone, and likely comes ... The rock was determined to be Lower Carboniferous black “marble”—a rock that was popular for ...

The Triassic is a tale of two histories. One is its natural history, begun after the Great Permian Dying, 252m years ago, when, as happens from time to time, plate tectonics brought Earth’s continents ...

The geological landscape is one of glacially smoothed Carboniferous (300 million years ago) fossil-rich limestone hills; dramatic sea cliffs; seasonal lakes; and vast networks of subterranean caves.

Today, that drainage is pumped into the first treatment pond where, instead of taking the typical approach of using sodium hydroxide to neutralize the acid, Deason lined the pond bottom with limestone ...

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — A Limestone County jury deliberated just 18 minutes before they found a man guilty of multiple charges for the abuse of five girls. Chief Deputy District Attorney ...

Surface water and rain do not flow far on exposed limestone as they rapidly infiltrate into the rock and soil. Where a joint or intersection of joints has been greatly weathered or dissolved ...

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Limestone County Coroner says two people are dead after a multi-vehicle wreck on Interstate 65 Friday night. Limestone County Coroner Mike West said two ...

BELLE MINA, Ala. (WAFF) - A new legal move to halt work at a rock quarry in Limestone County went before a judge on Tuesday. The injunction hearing was between New Beginnings Covenant Ministries and ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A state appeals court has sided with the Osage Nation in a dispute over a company’s plan to mine limestone in one western Missouri county. The Missouri Court of Appeals ...

Authorities said two people were killed following a fiery multiple vehicle wreck on Interstate 65 in Limestone County Friday evening. The wreck happened around 5:30 p.m. near mile marker 342.