Rocks

The Earth’s structure is made up of the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. Magma makes up the majority of the planet's mantle. The term Magma refers to the…

A depositional environment is a natural or artificial layer of sedimentary material that covers an area and is created by the deposition of material from the atmosphere, water, or land.…

The depositional environment of a sedimentary rock is the combination of physical, chemical, and biological processes that act on the sediment at the time of its deposition. There are many…

  An ophiolite is a section of oceanic crust and mantle that has been tectonically uncovered on land through the process of obduction, which occurs most frequently when an ocean…

To understand how rocks have changed through time, we use the concepts of stratigraphy. For example, these principles are used to calculate the age of different rock formations. They are:…

What Is The Rock Cycle? The rock cycle is the interaction between the three main rock types, sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks, and, metamorphic rocks by the progressive transformation of Earth…

  Metamorphic Rock Definition Metamorphic rocks are a type of rocks that produce from the modification of preexisting rocks in response to changing environmental conditions, like differences in pressure, temperature,…

Oman Ophiolite   Definition of Igneous Rocks Igneous rocks are crystalline rocks created by the cooling and crystallization of molten earth material (magma), whether deep in the Earth or blasted…

  The Earth’s common rock is igneous rocks, although sedimentary rocks are the most common rocks exposed on Earth’s surface because the igneous rocks are beneath the surface and we…