Ancient, expansive tracts of continental crust called cratons have helped keep Earth’s continents stable for billions of ...

At the crossroads of the Aegean, Central Anatolia, and Mediterranean regions in Türkiye lies a place where history and ...

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and ...

Chinese offshore operator CNOOC Ltd has kicked off drilling at what it claimed to be the world largest oilfield in metamorphic rock at deep reservoir levels in Bohai Bay offshore northern China.

"Geology is related to rocks, structures, and stratigraphy. The rocks here are quite complete, ranging from igneous, sedimentary, to metamorphic rocks. The structures and faults that cause earthquakes ...

Now imagine different rocks squeezed together in a similar way but on a huge scale. This is one way metamorphic rocks are formed, not with a vice but continents crashing into one another.

Now imagine different rocks squeezed together in a similar way but on a huge scale. This is one way metamorphic rocks are formed, not with a vice but continents crashing into one another.

Many are concerned about the negative environmental and social impact of the project, and see the publicity surrounding the ...

The continents primarily consist of cratons and orogenic belts, of which cratons predominantly originated 1.8 billion years ago, serving as crucial constituents of the Earth’s surface. Most of the ...