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, ...

Igneous and metamorphic petrology represent two fundamental branches of geological science that elucidate the formation, transformation, and evolution of Earth’s solid materials. Igneous petrology ...

During the nearly 14 months that it has spent on the red planet, Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, has scooped soil, drilled rocks, and analyzed samples by exposing them to laser ...

THE closing years of the nineteenth century witnessed a revival of interest in the petrology of gneous rocks, which must be regarded as marking an important stage in the development of that subject.

Scientists on NASA's Perseverance mission made a surprising discovery about the composition of rock in Jezero Crater, one that will help them get a better idea of when water existed on Mars, and ...

Scientists report on the analysis of a surprisingly Earth-like Martian rock, discovered by the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, that offers new insight into the history of Mars's interior and ...