Petrology is the study of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and the processes that form and transform them. Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical ...

influencing heat transfer in rocks and minerals. Porosity: The measure of void spaces in a material, which affects its ability to hold fluids and its thermal properties. Lithology: The study of ...

The Department of Geology has changed its name to the Department of Earth Sciences to better reflect the breath of its work.

The study of strata is called stratigraphy ... and correlate fossil sites across large discontinuous areas. Some minerals in rocks and organic matter (e.g., wood, bones, and shells) can contain ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

New Research Reveals Ancient Rocks Release as Much Carbon Dioxide as World’s Volcanoes A recent study that was led by the University of Oxford overturned the view that natural rock weathering removed ...

There would be no bright and colorful fireworks without rocks and minerals. A firework is produced by launching a shell containing fuel and a color mix high into the air, where it explodes.

Thousands of mysterious clay mounds found on Mars were formed by ancient water on the Red Planet's barren northern plains, ...

This work was foundational for the development of radiogenic isotopic studies of rocks and has been a cornerstone of ...

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars’ barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and ...