Recognition of the importance of studying the mode of occurrence of igneous rocks and their relations to one another has led to a closer union of observation in the field with research in the ...

No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the Red Planet never ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why don’t rocks burn? – Luke, age 4, New Market, ...

What FACTS ABOUT ROCKS do you know? They are abundant on earth, and yet little is known about them. These facts will increase your knowledge of the rocks.

Igneous and metamorphic petrology is the study of rocks formed from molten material and those that have undergone transformation due to heat and pressure, respectively. Recent research in this ...

Igneous rocks close igneous rockIgneous rocks are those which have been formed by the cooling and solidification of molten rock (magma) from underneath the earth’s crust. are formed by magma ...

For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental crust composed of granite or similar igneous rocks, forming the continental base, in combination with metamorphic rocks ...

Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling of molten rock. Molten rock is rock that has been heated to such a high temperature that it melts into a liquid. The basalt which makes up the Giant’s ...