One of the primary mission objectives is to search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, and igneous rocks and ...

An igneous rock has come to be regarded, more constantly than before, not merely as a mineral-aggregate, but as-the product of consolidation of a molten rock-magma; and consideration has been ...

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 ...

They look a bit like geodes, but they’re not exactly geodes. There are three types of rock: igneous, metamorphic, and ...

There are three main types of rock: igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock. Almost all fossils are preserved in sedimentary rock. Organisms that live in topographically low places (such ...

THE direction of remanent magnetization of igneous rocks has recently been examined in detail 1 in order to investigate the secular variation in the geomagnetic field, and its relation to the ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental crust composed of granite or similar igneous rocks, forming the continental base, in combination with metamorphic rocks ...

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 ...