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 ...

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

Myanmar’s geology, shaped by the collision of the Indian and Asian tectonic plates, provided the intense heat and pressure needed for such rare minerals to form. This cataclysmic event during ...

set up a series of experiments to assess any potential effect of elastic differential stress on the development of mineral ...

Geology is a multidisciplinary science with strong links to chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and engineering. Simply put, geologists use a large variety of scientific tools to ask questions ...