Some other examples of igneous intrusions in Scotland can be found at Dumbarton Rock (a volcanic plug in Dumbarton) and Loudoun Hill (a volcanic plug in Ayrshire). Learn more about some of the ...

Southern China is unusual in that respect: fossil-bearing marine limestones and the volcanic rocks of the Emeishan large igneous province can be studied in the same outcrop sections. This setting ...

With our ideas of volcanoes we always associate the grand and the terrible ; and a volcanic eruption—a huge piece of artillery, with a mouth perhaps miles in circumference, shooting up rocks and ...

This process can occur either below the Earth’s surface, forming intrusive or plutonic igneous rocks like granite, or at the surface following a volcanic eruption, producing extrusive or ...

Iceland has seen some major volcanic activity in the last couple of years. Travel expert Rick Steves has some advice for ...

To understand the genesis and evolution of igneous rocks, a researcher must have sound understanding of analytical methods, thermal and chemical principles, as well as a good geological background. At ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.