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 ...

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 ...

New Research Reveals Ancient Rocks Release as Much Carbon Dioxide as World’s Volcanoes A recent study that was led by the ...

A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...

Rocks and minerals contribute essential raw materials ... conditions - like temperature and pressure - are met. In a new study, researchers tested the ability of an Artificial Intelligence ...

The Jack Hills, in Western Australia, contain tiny traces of rock that are older than the hills themselves. The 50-mile-long (80 kilometers) ridge contains crystallized minerals called zircons ...

RUNCORN has recently described measurements of remanent magnetization made on sediments collected from the Colorado Plateau of Arizona 1 and has compared these results with those made on rocks of ...

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic ...

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