Scientists have uncovered one of the most exciting geological discoveries of the decade – the long-lost Pontus tectonic plate ...

But porosity grows as intact rock interacts with surface waters beneath the soil. You have full access to this article via your institution. Granitic rock forms at depth, and comprises ...

They obtained a 30-centimetre rock core from 15 metres below the surface of the Bushveld Igneous ... the cell walls of the microbes were still intact – a sign the cells were alive and active.