Geologic Topics
The On-Topic Netowork

Geologic > Rock


Rock
Rock
Rock
Rock
Rock

The following information is about Rock.

Rock Defined

Rocks are made of different kinds of minerals, or broken pieces of crystals, or broken pieces of rocks. Some rocks are made of the shells of once-living animals, or of compressed pieces of plants. Rocks are divided into three basic types, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, depending upon how they were formed.

This definition is in context to Geologic. See more contextual defintions for Rock.


Navigation: [ 1 2 3 4 5 Next ]

Paleozoic 'Sediment Curve' Provides New Tool For Tracking Sea-floor Sediment Movements

Published October 13, 2008, 12:08 pm, Science Daily

As the world looks for more energy, the oil industry will need more refined tools for discoveries in places where searches have never before taken place, geologists say. A new tool follows sea-level rise and fall between 542 and 251 million years ago.

Full Story


Open season

Published October 13, 2008, 9:19 am, The Age

Richard Cornish attends a theatrical opening in two halves, with plenty of drama - our rekindled love affair with the oyster.

Full Story


Indie oil hunter strikes a 'screamer'

Published October 13, 2008, 6:51 am, CNN Money

The drilling rig rose incongruously over the peaceful college town of Stillwater, Okla. It roared and screeched with activity. Roughnecks, slathered head to toe in mud, scrambled and cursed a blue streak as they threw chain and tripped out two-ton stands of pipe. D.G., a.k.a. "Stretch," a good-natured chain hand, weighed in with a salvo of riotously profane slander, largely addressed to his ...

Full Story


Scale volcano errupts with knowledge

Published October 13, 2008, 6:00 am, Herald Sun

SCIENTISTS have recreated conditions found in an erupting volcano in the laboratory, offering a new way to understand and forecast future damaging eruptions.

Full Story


Not a vulture but a zone-tailed hawk

Published October 12, 2008, 8:58 pm, Kerrville Daily Times

While leading a group of students on the nature trail in Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park in Fredericksburg, out of the corner of my eye I saw a large black bird soaring low overhead.

Full Story


Rock solid science lessons

Published October 12, 2008, 5:58 pm, The Times of Northwest Indiana

Earrings made from tree sap, 350-million-year-old sea monsters and purple crystals the size of a fist will all be on display at Prairie State College’s annual Fossil, Gem, and Mineral Show.

Full Story


Specks on rock might be oldest known footprints

Published October 12, 2008, 3:50 am, The Columbus Dispatch

A set of tiny dots across a piece of desert rock might be the oldest footprints ever found.

Full Story


OUT THERE

Published October 12, 2008, 3:12 am, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Red Rock Canyon: A moderate 2.5-mile hike from Sandstone Quarry to the Calico Tank trail with some rock scrambling will take place Monday for those ages 8 and over. On Tuesday there will be a strenuous six-mile hike at Windy Peak with a 1,100-foot gain.

Full Story


From silt to scenic

Published October 12, 2008, 2:20 am, The Mercury

,In the 1800s, the Schuylkill River was a highway of sorts for barges traveling through its dams, locks and ponds. Goods were taken upriver to...

Full Story


Temperate Iceland is a land of extremes

Published October 12, 2008, 12:30 am, Miami Herald

Home to one of the world's oldest parliaments, Iceland recently has hit the news because of its banking crisis. Economy aside, this island nation is a netherworld of contrasts: fire, flowers, and yes, ice. No wonder Jules Verne used it as a backdrop for Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Full Story


Navigation: [ 1 2 3 4 5 Next ]

Are you looking for additional Geologic > Rock news? Try our new "Rock News Focus" area.

Off-site Rock Links, User Submitted

The following links have been collected through user bookmark submission in the Rock category. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.

Mon Oct 13

If you would like to find additional social bookmark based links on the topic of we recommend the Open Tag Directory > Rock. If you would like to find related tags we recommend Tag Patterns > Rock

Off-site Rock Research Links

If you still need additional information on Rock then we suggest the following off-site resources. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.

Geologic

If you know the Geologic Term Name use the links below to quickly jump to your desired focus.



Bookmark Us

The On Topic Network

This website is part of The On Topic Network.

Thank You

Geologic.On-Topic.net was developed by Odin Metatech, Inc and runs on the Odin Assemble platform.

Best Viewed With

License

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under Creative Commons.




Powered by Odin Assemble 2.5a