Understanding geology is critical to studying paleontology because fossils are preserved in rock. The characteristics of the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves.

Some minerals in rocks and organic matter (e.g., wood, bones, and shells) can contain radioactive isotopes. The abundances of parent and daughter isotopes in a sample can be measured and used to ...

the genesis of accessory minerals such as REE phosphates in all rock types, the origins of economic concentrations of minerals and petroleum, the make-up of the atmosphere, ocean and life on Earth ...

Resarchers, including Dr. Michael Tice at Texas A&M University, use the sophisticated technology on NASA's Perseverance rover ...

The finest example of Rhodochrosite in the world is on display in Denver, Colorado, at the Denver Museum of Nature and ...

An Introduction to the Study of Rocks in Thin Sections. By Howel Williams, Francis J. Turner and Charles M. Gilbert. (A Series of Geology Texts.) Pp. x + 406. (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and ...

These findings are important because active volcanoes on Earth often create conditions that support life—by releasing heat ...

The Geological Society of IUP has hosted a daily mineral sale this week. So far, the sale has been held on April 14-16 from 9 ...