Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on ...

Jezero Crater, once a lake bed some 3.5 billion years ago, has become the focus of NASA’s search for signs of past life. It’s ...

The researchers posit that the volcano could have supported conditions favorable for life in the once-watery Jezero crater.

Sodalite forms in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium-rich, silica-poor magmas. That’s how it got its name—soda + lithos, or “sodium stone," according to Rock Your World gem & art ...

Abstract: Develops a method for estimating the SiO/sub 2/ content of igneous rocks using thermal infrared reflectance spectra, aiming to utilize it in the remote sensing of thermal spectral emission.

Yooperlites can be found as loose pebbles and cobbles along many Lake Superior beaches and even in some inland gravel pits. The stones are derived from igneous rocks near Marathon, Ontario , known as ...

Farley, K A; Stack, K M; Shuster, D L; Horgan, B H N; Hurowitz, J A; Tarnas, J D; Simon, J I; Sun, V Z; Scheller, E L; Moore, K R; McLennan, S M; Vasconcelos, P M ...

Georgia Tech scientists have uncovered evidence that a mountain on the rim of Jezero Crater—where NASA's Perseverance Rover ...

Step aside, Nauset Beach. The biggest summer attraction in Orleans is a rock. That’s right, a rock. A big one. Right outside ...

The Department of Geology at the University of Madras invites school and college students to take a look at the rocks and minerals parked in its museum ...

Continuous geochemical scanning is enabling geologists to interpret core samples with an unmatched level of detail. This ...