Study suggests ancient hominins used unmodified volcanic rock spheres as tools
A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...
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The origin of adakites
Microphotograph of amphibole (brown) and plagioclase (grey-white) minerals present in an adakitic rock from the western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB ... unusual enrichment of niobium in ...
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Lava could light up the James Webb Space Telescope's search for watery exoplanets
It's also one of the most common rocks in our solar system — and probably the rest of the galaxy, for that matter. "We know that the majority of exoplanets will produce basalts," Esteban Gazel ...
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Volcanic landforms in Northern Ireland
which gives us a clue as to the volcanic origin of this type of rocks Some inquisitive geologists started asking questions about our granite and basalt rocks. Both are igneous. The word igneous ...
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TPU scientists are investigating how secondary minerals in volcanic rocks affect their properties and oil and gas potential
The results are published in the journal Geochemistry (Q2, IF:2.6). In recent decades, interest in the study of basalt volcanic rocks has increased both in terms of their oil and gas potential and ...