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 ...

No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never ...

What FACTS ABOUT ROCKS do you know? They are abundant on earth, and yet little is known about them. These facts will increase your knowledge of the rocks.

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 ...

It depends on what the rocks are made of – and that’s related to how they were formed. There are three main rock types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. These rocks are made of minerals that all ...

Igneous rocks close igneous rockIgneous rocks are those which have been formed by the cooling and solidification of molten rock (magma) from underneath the earth’s crust. are formed by magma ...

Furthermore, large plutonic masses within Mako-Diale transition zone belong all to three (3) distinct magmatic sources: Koulountou granodiorite, Koulountou and Tinkoto granites are sourced from high-K ...

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

By Becky Nelson I have been a rockhound since I was old enough to pick up a pretty rock. My kitchen sink-shelf has several ...