The foundational era -- 1. Breath-pipes and ignivomous mountains--early concepts of volcanism -- 2. Basaltes prismatiques--lava, columnar basalt, and ancient volcanoes -- 3. Fire or water?--the debate ...

Igneous and metamorphic petrology represent two fundamental branches of geological science that elucidate the formation, transformation, and evolution of Earth’s solid materials. Igneous petrology ...

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 ...

Introduction -- Physical properties of magma -- Intrusion of magma -- Forms of igneous bodies -- Cooling of igneous bodies and other diffusion processes -- Classification of igneous rocks -- ...

(1) THE appearance of a revised edition of Hatch and Wells's “Petrology of the Igneous Rocks” is a matter of interest to British petrologists, since this has long been a standard text-book in British ...

Chad Deering joins the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences as an assistant professor. Deering comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He has a PhD in ...

The Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science encompasses interdisciplinary teaching and research programs in geomicrobiology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, igneous petrology, isotope ...

Webcam images showed a glow emanating from the volcano's summit—an indication that an eruption has begun. The volcano has been active for the past week, dropping tons of soot over surrounding towns.