It is therefore instructive to examine the findings of some previous workers in relation to the methods they used.

Looking at an igneous rock, such as the granite along Stockton Hill Road at milepost 10, you’ll see a variety of minerals. Some are black, others pink and some look glassy. If the rock was ...

But some volcanos are hotter than others. At Ol Doinyo Lengai in northern Tanzania for instance, the lava flows at ...

By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount Ashibetsu in Japan, researchers have precisely ...

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 ...

If you're considering gravel for your patio, driveway, or garden pathways, crushed granite may be the best choice of ...

These events have been all attributed to the emplacement of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs), i.e., the Siberian Traps (STLIP; ca. 252 Ma), the Wrangellia (ca. 230 Ma) and the Central Atlantic Magmatic ...

Paleontologists may smile at the state’s motto, “Under God, the People Rule,” in this locale where dinosaurs dominated for ...

Papyrus 75 is a single sheet of papyrus that contains the oldest known copy of the Lord’s Prayer, a fragment of the Gospel of ...

These aren't ordinary volcanoes but large igneous provinces that erupt up to ... composition and age—from both the Atlantic Ocean and rock formations in Italy. Widespread lack of oxygen was ...

The meteorite, which is part of the Nakhlite class (a group of igneous rocks originating from Mars ... hoped to see her efficient dating methods used to further gain insight into martian ...