Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rock is formed through the ...

The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...

On the surface, it is concentrated in volcanic or magmatic rocks. But how that gold is brought to the surface has been a subject of debate. Now, a research team has used numerical modeling to ...

suggesting the presence of structures with lower temperatures or a different chemical composition than the surrounding magmatic rocks. The discovery, described in the scientific journal ...

In addition to assessing sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks that are accessible at ... emissions at Campi Flegrei in Italy suggests a magmatic origin of the recent unrest at this ...

Miramar Resources Ltd (ASX:M2R) believes data yielded from its exploration at Mt Vernon in Western Australia shows the wider ...

Both petrological and mineralogical processes are sensitive to environmental conditions, so the compositions of rocks, and the minerals they consist of, are interrogated to answer fundamental ...