Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Let me start by defending geology’s honor. Is there any other discipline that a rhyme so easily ...

An introduction to geology -- Plate tectonics: a scientific revolution unfolds -- Matter and minerals -- Magma, igneous rocks, and intrusive activity -- Volcanoes and volcanic hazards -- Weathering ...

IT is always well to keep in touch with the methods and conclusions of workers in other countries; and in a general way this can only be done by text-books. In this respect the present work will be ...

SEVERAL books on physical geology, with special reference to North America, are already available, but Prof. Miller's contribution to the existing literature is sufficiently attractive to justify its ...

In the first week of introductory geology, we explored rock types, learned that not all rocks are the same, and tackled the mysteries of scale. While not always elegantly executed, my experiment in ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I’ve had my eye on this one for quite a while ...

WHEELING, W.Va. — Young girls in the Ohio Valley will get a hands-on introduction to geology, paleontology and archaeology this summer through the SMART Centre for Girls Enjoying Math and Science, or ...

The Fellowship did not begin the Quest in the Shire; nor did the Quest end in the darkest depths of Mordor. There was no trekking through the Mines of Moria, and the Plains of Rohan remain untrod, for ...