Igneous intrusions are a type of rock feature. They form when molten rock cools below the surface of the Earth. Join Isla and Connor as they explore igneous rock landscape features at Traprain Law ...

An igneous rock has come to be regarded, more constantly than before, not merely as a mineral-aggregate, but as-the product of consolidation of a molten rock-magma; and consideration has been ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why don’t rocks burn? – Luke, age 4, New Market, ...

There are three main types of rock: igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock. Almost all fossils are preserved in sedimentary rock. Organisms that live in topographically low places (such ...

They look a bit like geodes, but they’re not exactly geodes. There are three types of rock: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. Thundereggs form through igneous processes. Igneous rocks form ...

THE direction of remanent magnetization of igneous rocks has recently been examined in detail 1 in order to investigate the secular variation in the geomagnetic field, and its relation to the ...

Volcanic rock is formed when lava or magma cools down and becomes a solid. We call this type of rock igneous rock. Here are three different types of igneous rock from the Museum’s collection.