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 ...

In a remarkable development, researchers have discovered microbes encased within the fault of a 2-billion-year-old rock. This ...

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

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

A 2-billion-year-old rock has been unearthed in South Africa – and if its advanced age wasn’t enough to knock your socks off, ...

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

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 ...

All Earth Science students need to understand the origins, environments, and basic processes that produce igneous and metamorphic rocks. This concise introductory textbook provides students with the ...

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 ...

NASA exclaimed. Early interpretations suggest that the melting, movement and cooling of magma and lava may have created the rock’s stripes, as igneous rocks form when hot, molten rock ...

Building upon the award-winning second edition, this comprehensive textbook provides a fundamental understanding of the formative processes of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Encouraging a deeper ...

First Phosphate believes that Quebec igneous anorthosite phosphate rock is an untapped source of high purity phosphate which ...