The model Kite’s team built was unique in that it captured evolution of the Martian landscape and climate over an extremely ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

International Rock Day is observed every year on July 13 to recognise the natural wonders of rocks and stones and their ...

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around ...

Sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups (along with igneous and metamorphic rocks) and is formed in four main ways: by the deposition of the weathered remains of other rocks (known ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest? New research suggests they are.

Some rocks are mono-mineralic, meaning they only contain one mineral. Limestone, for example, is a sedimentary rock made exclusively of the mineral calcite (CaCO3).

Plastistones, a new type of sedimentary rock that’s part-plastic and part-rock, has been found on at least five continents and 11 countries. These rocks form when molten plastic cools within a ...

The geology of the Oxford, Ohio area includes (but is not limited to) the following rocks and features: Limestone Southwestern Ohio's limestone (a sedimentary rock) is saturated with life — life from ...

The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...

Sedimentary Rocks Alternatively, sedimentary rocks take shape when the tiny, weathered fragments of stones are compacted and cemented together. The process begins when rocks, minerals and organic ...

Our courses are designed to emphasize the field description and documentation of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks, the interpretation of outcrop- and regional-scale structures and the ...