The July Fourth holiday is both a great time to spend with friends and family and also a time to reflect on our nation’s origins. The July Fourth holiday is both a great time to spend with friends and ...

Far beneath the Earth's surface, a fiery world of viscous molten rock exists below the continental and oceanic plates, perpetually churning and shifting under the immense pressure and stress of a ...

Occurring at Porth Maen Melyn, near Fishguard is a rhyodacite lava flow, over 40 m thick, which shows a transition from massive lava through tubed and pillowed lava into isolated-pillow breccia.

Rare geological formations in Maradihalli offer scientists and travellers a glimpse into the planet’s 2.5-billion-year-old history At first glance, Maradihalli in Aimangala appears like any other ...

Pahoehoe is the Hawaiian word for a ropy, wrinkled-looking lava flow. The smooth surface makes a sharp contrast to blocky 'a'aflows, Hawaii's other common lava flow type. Often, a single lava flow can ...