“These Wrinkles Shouldn’t Exist” – A Geologist’s Hike Uncovers a 180-Million-Year-Old Mystery

Deepwater rock wrinkles likely formed from chemosynthetic microbes, not just physical processes, reshaping assumptions about ...
Building Design

Natural does not necessarily mean durable: why we need to think again about how we specify stone

Kristian Goodenough makes the case for rethinking how stone is specified - better informed by geology, performance ...
EurekAlert!

Sedimentary rocks reveal ocean floor cooling

Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their formation. This makes them extremely important in climate research. This led ...
The Conversation

Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites

Tara Djokic and co-authors received funding for this research from the Etheridge family descendants; Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum Trust; and Australian Research Council (ARC ...
Game Rant

One Piece: Every Rocks Pirate Who Started Their Own Crew

Rei Penber is the Deputy Lead Editor for GameRant's Anime and Manga team, originally from Kashmir and currently based in Beirut. He brings seven years of professional experience as a writer and editor ...
EurekAlert!

Stylolites complicate sound wave propagation in sedimentary rock samples

Stylolites — irregular seams that occur in limestone — have been found to affect how acoustic waves move through rock samples. Laboratory-based insights from KAUST researchers offer an improved ...
New Scientist

We've found that a new type of rock is forming from old slag heaps

Almost 20 years ago, New Scientist ran a feature called “Imagine Earth without people”, a thought experiment about what would happen to our planet over thousands of years if humanity suddenly ...
Forbes

Humanity’s Trash Is Turning To Rock

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. May 30, 2025, 01:36pm EDT May 30, 2025, 01:59pm EDT Trash and ...
Frontiers

Editorial: Fine-grained sedimentary rocks: sedimentary processes, diagenesis, geochemistry and their relationship with critical geological events

Fine-grained sedimentary rocks are increasingly studied for their complex depositional processes, high organic content, reservoir potential, metal enrichment, and geochemical records of ...
Frontiers

Geochemical characteristics and tectonic implications of igneous rocks from the Santos Basin and adjacent areas

The increasing presence of igneous rocks in hydrocarbon-bearing basins are drawing more attention. While the roles they play during the hydrocarbon generation and reservoir formation remain poorly ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Bustin, R. M. (1988). Sedimentary and Characteristics of Dispersed Organic Matter in the Tertiary Niger Delta: Origin of Source Rocks in a Deltaic Environment. Association of ...

ABSTRACT: The paper explores the technique of three-dimensional modelling and volumetric analysis of reservoir sands in the DINO Field onshore Niger Delta, Nigeria to enhance reservoir production ...