Sedimentary rocks are made up of pieces of older rocks (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary) and organic remains (shells, bone, etc.). When rocks break apart from erosion they are transported by ...

As a youngster growing up in New York, Graham Baird always was interested in science and the natural world, and in college he was fascinated with how igneous and metamorphic rocks formed. As an ...

The discovery of tiny diamonds embedded in rock samples from northeastern Australia indicates that the geological past Australia’s eastern coast is more complex than previously thought. Metamorphic ...

Cratons (from the Greek “power” or “might”) are the areas of the oldest continental crust on Earth that are preserved only in several places on our planet. According to scientists, the Kaapvaal Craton ...