Nyiragongo Volcano

Not much is known about how long the volcano has been erupting, but since 1882, it has erupted at least 34 times, including many periods whe...

Earthquake Births New Island off Pakista

On September 26, 2013, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured the top image of that new is...

Graben

Graben are troughs formed when the lunar crust was stretched and pulled apart. This stretching causes the near-surface materials to bre...

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES

1. IGNEOUS STRUCTURES Any intrusive igneous body is a PLUTON. Intrusive occupying a small area, having an irregular to cylindrical shape, ...

GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES

Geological process  - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified. The Above Figure 2  is an overview of geologica...

Physical Geology and it’s Objectives

PHYSICAL GEOLOGY is the study of the dynamics of the planet Earth. It is concerned with all the terrestrial agents and processes of change ...

Evolution of Geology

Early Geologic Studies Observations on earth structure and processes were made by a number of the ancients, including Herodotus, Aristotle,...