It’s almost certainly as close as I’ll ever get to walking on the moon. Surrounded by giant sandstone-coloured volcanic rock formations, we could be on the set of "Star Wars" or "Planet Of The Apes." ...

The journey for volcanic rocks found on many volcanic islands began deep within the Earth. Brought to the Earth’s surface in eruptions of deep volcanic material, these rocks hold clues as to what is ...

The geochemistry of agate and chalcedony in volcanic rocks represents an intricate record of silica precipitation and crystallisation processes occurring under variable thermal and chemical conditions ...

Two test methods put the rocks at 4.16 billion years old The volcanic rocks date to primordial Earth's Hadean eon Rocks are surviving fragments of Earth's oldest crust June 26 (Reuters) - Along the ...

Ancient rocks formed by volcanoes could safely store millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide by turning it to stone, researchers have said. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have identified ...

The Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness is one of the country’s last great wild refuges, a 112,500-acre maze of backcountry canyons, cliffs, deserts and plateaus untouched by man. You’ve ...

Mumbai's bustling Andheri hides a 66-million-year-old volcanic rock formation, Gilbert Hill, a geological wonder previously unknown to many, including industrialist Anand Mahindra. This rare basalt ...

Jaganmoy Jodder received funding from the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Integrated Mineral and Energy Resource Analysis (CIMERA) and Genus DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences. Our ...

(Reuters) -Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, resides a belt of volcanic rock that displays a blend of dark and ...