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Matthew Dorsey is an earth science editor at Biology Insights with a focus on landforms and planetary geology. He brings 17 years of editorial experience, having written explanatory science features for digital publications. Dorsey studied geology at Plymouth State University and tends a small perennial flower garden at home.

What Makes a Green Sand Beach?
How Did the Hawaiian Islands Form?
Is Hawaii Sinking Into the Ocean?
What Phenomenon Are Transform Boundaries Most Likely to Produce?
How Are Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks Similar?
Are Rocks Magnetic? The Science of Rock Magnetism
How Fast Do Seismic Waves Travel Through the Earth?
What Is a Butte? The Geology Behind This Landform
What Phenomena Result From Earth’s Rotation and Revolution?
What Do You Learn in Geology? From Rocks to Resources
How Is the Rock Cycle Like Recycling?
What Is Deposition and Erosion?
What Colors Are the Earth and Why?
What Is a Divergent Boundary? A Simple Definition
What Happens Where Tectonic Plates Meet?
In What Form Is Most Carbon Found in the Atmosphere?
Which Direction Is the North American Plate Moving?
What Are the Major Areas of Specialization in Earth Science?
What Are Examples of Igneous Rocks?
Why Don’t We Feel Most Earthquakes?
Are Tectonic Plates the Same as Continents?
Why Does Wyoming Have a High Risk of Earthquakes?
How Long Would It Take to Get to the Center of the Earth?
Where Does Stone Come From? The Rock Cycle Explained
Which Place Is the Center of the Earth?
How Big Is the Barringer Crater?
What Do Earth Scientists Study?
What Is an Eon in the Geologic Time Scale?
What Does a Geochemist Study?
What Can Happen When Tectonic Plates Move a Few Centimeters?