Geology

Gold deposits are getting harder to find. Since the 1980s, the rate of discovery has decreased dramatically. This means it ...Read more

Learn the difference between rocks and minerals in the following video. Remember, minerals make up rocks but rocks don’t make up ...Read more

Fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, petroleum, and coal are all important non-renewable resources that come from the formation ...Read more

Coal is a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and ...Read more

The rock cycle is a continuous geological process that describes the transformation of rocks from one type to another over ...Read more

Coal is a natural resource that has had a massive and profound impact on the development of our society. We ...Read more

Copper ranks third in the world after iron and aluminum in terms of quantities produced and consumed. We have copper ...Read more

Copper is one of the most important global infrastructure metals, and demand for it is rising. In 1980, less than ...Read more

Seismic surveys are used to produce detailed images of the various rock types and their location beneath the Earth’s surface. ...Read more