The Moine Schist, the puzzling old rock found on top of younger rock here, is called a metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rocks are created when other types of rock become very hot or are squeezed ...

A striped rock that looks out of place in its surroundings on the slopes of the inner wall of Jezero crater has scientists excited about what it may reveal about the Red Planet's history.

Myers is hopeful that hydrogen deposits also exist in Alaska in a metamorphic rock called serpentinite, which is often found ...

All Earth Science students need to understand the origins, environments, and basic processes that produce igneous and metamorphic rocks. This concise introductory textbook provides students with the ...

Building upon the award-winning second edition, this comprehensive textbook provides a fundamental understanding of the formative processes of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Encouraging a deeper ...

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in ...

Because the glacial erratics that we find in southwestern Ohio come from such a large area, they consist of a wide variety of rock types, including igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. These ...

Guiding students to develop ‘scientist voices’ helps them feel more connected to and engaged with science curriculum.

This is a beginner's guide to identifying UK rock types. The guide has two main sections: background information on the structure and forces affecting the Earth in relation to rock formation a more ...

"Our knowledge of its chemical composition is limited, but early interpretations are that igneous and/or metamorphic processes ... an outcrop of this new rock type so that more detailed ...