This picture shows a very famous outcrop where nearly horizontal black and white layers are observed. The BIC made of layers ...

IN the middle of the last century much interest was shown in the problem of the genesis of igneous rocks, and especially in the manner of origin of diverse rock-types from a common stock or from a ...

Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in a 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from ...

Scientists found living microbes in a 2-billion-year-old rock in South Africa, providing insights into early life on Earth ...

BAS, M. J. LE 2001. Report of the Working Party on the classification of the lunar igneous rocks. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol. 36, Issue. 9, p. 1183.

Igneous intrusions are a type of rock feature. They form when molten rock cools below the surface of the Earth. Join Isla and Connor as they explore igneous rock landscape features at Traprain Law ...

Few things in space are simply black and white — but this bizarre rock ... cooling of magma and lava may have created the rock’s stripes, as igneous rocks form when hot, molten rock ...

The white rock structure served as a landmark visible from miles away, a beacon calling them to the fresh spring water. It ...

It shows a curious fracture surface due to a heavy gelignite detonation in finely crystalline “trap” rock. So far as I can remember I had seen other examples of this phenomenon, but ...

A rock is intriguing scientists on Mars. The Perseverance rover has discovered a unique striped formation in the Jezero ...

Find out more about available formats and browse any associated online resources. All Earth Science students need to understand the origins, environments, and basic processes that produce igneous and ...