2014

2014

Kilauea Volcano Lava Inches Closer to Pahoa Marketplace

Lava from Kilauea Volcano stopped short of hitting Pahoa Marketplace on Christmas day but it has resumed its movement an…

The Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia are towering, cone-shaped rock formations that have become a symbol of Turkey. These oth…

Seismic facies are "mappable, three dimensional seismic units composed of groups of reflections whose parameters …

Fossils are the remains or traces of once living organisms. Our introduction to paleontology (the study of fossils), will be…

Photographs are a key part of most geological fieldwork. They can serve as an aide memoire , be used for image analys…

Facies Facies is a body of rock with specific characteristics. It is properly defined on the basis of color, bedding, co…

Folds are common geological structures that form when rock layers are bent or deformed due to tectonic forces. They can be …

Magmatic processes are the dynamic and fascinating series of events that lead to the formation, evolution, and eventual so…

The Mineral Gallery, Inc. Gorgeous specimen featuring two brilliant Tourmalines on Cleavelandite blades! The larg…

A topographic map of the Moon (low elevations in purple, high in red) shows extensive lava flows in Oceanus Procellarum.…

The geologic time scale is a system of chronological classification used to organize and subdivide Earth's history. It …

Buried rift features, detected through gravity mapping, are seen superimposed on a full moon. Scientists have fo…

In some parts of the Earth, material rises upwards like a column from the boundary layer of Earth's core and the low…