Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their ...

The Rock Cycle is Earth's great recycling process where igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks can all be derived from and form one another. Analogous to recycling a Coke can, where an old can ...

The Earth continues its journey. Beneath our feet, a tale not everyone knows. On the surface of history we rest. To look into the crust To look into the rock And see the past firmly pressed. Igneous, ...

Sedimentary rocks are made up of pieces of older rocks (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary) and organic remains (shells, bone, etc.). When rocks break apart from erosion they are transported by ...

Sedimentary rocks have unveiled a fascinating chapter in Earth’s geological history, revealing ancient ocean floor cooling.

His pioneering research on a rock formation known as the Newark basin also made him an authority on the geology of New Jersey. Known to friends, colleagues and students simply as “Van,” Van Houten ...

The badlands also contain hoodoos and a petrified forest. Frank Krahmer/Masterfile/Corbis The formations are comprised of sedimentary rocks like sandstone, shale and mudstone. Frank Krahmer/Masterfile ...

We often talk about climate change, melting glaciers, or strange landforms. But we rarely think about something that’s always around us– rocks. They don’t make the news, but they’re everywhere. We ...

VAIL VALLEY, Colorado ” The first inklings of spring are beginning to peep out from the snowbanks and icy roads of Colorado’s Vail Valley and the Rocky Mountains. We don’t see wildflowers yet. The ...

You would have a hard time finding these common Earth rocks on our neighboring planets. Here’s what makes our landscapes so unique. Limestone landscapes, like this one in the Stone Forest in China’s ...

Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their formation. This makes them ...