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Geologists often attribute them to underwater landslides that push sediment into ridges and grooves.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Geologists monitoring the eruption said it was likely that part of volcano's crater collapsed and that this was the material being carried down its slopes.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

Geologists can’t even agree on whether these “rocks” are rocks at all.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2024

Geologists in Bretz’s day were also less inclined to do field work.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

Geologists know that somewhere in the vicinity of northeastern Indiana there is evidence of a pipe or group of pipes that may be truly colossal.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson