Scientists have discovered a new type of sedimentary rock made of debris from slag heaps, formed in the geological blink of ...

Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic ...

Sedimentary rocks can change into metamorphic rocks due to heat and pressure from the movements of the Earth. Those metamorphic rocks can be weathered, eroded, and the pieces transported away.

The model Kite’s team built was unique in that it captured evolution of the Martian landscape and climate over an extremely ...

Science Academy - Sponsored by Knova's Carpets (ktiv) Download the experiment instructions HERE! Let’s review the 3 rock types: Sedimentary rocks are made of sediment. Sediment is formed by ...

Sedimentary rock is formed by the accumulation of minerals and other material. As rocks at the earth's surface are broken down, or “weathered,” the sediment is moved by forces such as water and wind ...

A recently published study in Nature has uncovered a previously underestimated contributor to the global carbon cycle—geological weathering of carbon-rich sedimentary rocks, reported EOS ...

Plastistones, a new type of sedimentary rock that’s part-plastic and part-rock, has been found on at least five continents and 11 countries.