The existence of a ring, forming around 466 million years ago and lasting tens of millions of years, could explain several ...

Petrology is the study of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and the processes that form and transform them. Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical ...

Fossils of pterosaurs, stegosaurs, plesiosaurs, and more - this dinosaur fossil site in Southwest China's Sichuan Province ...

This concise introductory textbook provides students with the essential knowledge needed to understand how petrology relates to other topics in the geologic sciences, and has been written specifically ...

Richly illustrated in colour and featuring end-of-chapter and online exercises, this textbook is a comprehensive introduction to metamorphic rocks and processes for undergraduate students of petrology ...

The Carbonate Petrology and Characterization Laboratory (CPCL) a part of the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Western Michigan University. The CPCL is a collaborative research ...

Petrology is the study of the macroscopic and microscopic mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks. In addition to assessing sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks that are accessible ...

The grant will allow acquistion of a new mass spectrometer that can be used by scientists — nine faculty members and an archeologist — who plan to work together on a variety of research activities.

Glittering blue sapphires, so suggestive of piercing cold, have remarkably hot origins deep beneath the surface. For years, sapphires been turned up in volcanic deposits such as the Volcanic Eifel, ...

More recent damage from geological sampling was also evident. To establish the boulder’s provenance, John compared its ...

The Petrology group has its own facilities for the analysis of experimental run products including Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy. The Petrology Group laboratories ...

The Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science encompasses interdisciplinary teaching and research programs in geomicrobiology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, igneous petrology, isotope ...