Igneous intrusions are a type of rock feature. They form when molten rock cools below the surface of the Earth. Join Isla and Connor as they explore igneous rock landscape features at Traprain Law ...

Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling of molten rock. Molten rock is rock that has been heated to such a high temperature that it melts into a liquid. The basalt which makes up the Giant’s ...

The video shows an area in Antarctica where rocky outcroppings jut up above the ice sheet. The building is a South African research station.

The characteristics of the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves. There are three main types of rock: igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock. Almost all ...

The Professor and Chair of Brock University's Department of Earth Sciences was a Participating Scientist in NASA's Mars Perseverance rover mission and has been analyzing ancient rocks found within ...

One of the primary mission objectives is to search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, and igneous rocks and regolith examined in the area have also given insight into a time in the ...

The rock comes from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in northeastern South Africa, according to the team’s Oct. 2 announcement. The unique geological formation came into existence 2 billion years ...