Their research delved into nakhlites, a group of igneous rocks that originated on the fourth planet from the sun. By ...

THE second volume of Prof. Johannsen's work on petrography is both a descriptive petrography of the quartz-bearing igneous rocks and an illustration of the author's proposed new method of ...

The tragic but fascinating sight of the streets of Pompei, an ancient city destroyed by avolcano eruption. The city was well ...

With our ideas of volcanoes we always associate the grand and the terrible ; and a volcanic eruption—a huge piece of artillery, with a mouth perhaps miles in circumference, shooting up rocks and ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

The rock comes from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in northeastern South Africa, according to the team’s Oct. 2 announcement. The unique geological formation came into existence 2 billion years ...

Manning Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce that it has contracted the driller for the upcoming exploration program at the Copper Hill Project, Nevada, USA. Boart Longyear of Salt Lake City, Utah, ...

If you’re anything like me whenever you spot an interesting rock, it’s destined to make its way into your pocket.

"We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was ...

Igneous rocks underneath the vents are full of ruthenium and the material acts as a powerful catalyst for methane formation. “I first discovered this place in 1997 and it wowed me,” says ...