Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades.

Is this the start of Goo York City? UK scientists have discovered a massive “blob” of rock underneath the Appalachian mountains that’s slowly oozing its way toward New York City, per a slimy new study ...

Ancient, expansive tracts of continental crust called cratons have helped keep Earth's continents stable for billions of years, even as landmasses shift, mountains rise and oceans form. A new ...

The geological processes that create rocks usually take place over thousands if not millions of years. With the help of a coin and a soda can tab, researchers have identified rocks in England that ...

Lucknow: Lucknow University's geology department has received an Advanced Research Grant from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) for a study of the north western Himalayas. The project ...

Structural geology is the discipline devoted to the study of rock deformation and the resulting features – such as folds, faults, joints and other discontinuities – that record the history of tectonic ...

Most folks pick up a stone and see … a rock. Hard. Inanimate. Unremarkable. Hand Central Washington University senior geology lecturer Nick Zentner a hunk of granite or quartz, though, and he has ...

The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades. Researchers believe the natural cements found in ...