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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

Because the glacial erratics that we find in southwestern Ohio come from such a large area, they consist of a wide variety of rock types, including igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. These ...

Microbes -- alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface ...

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and ...

Microbes have been found alive and well inside ancient rock, offering an extraordinary glimpse into Earth's distant past.