Romaine is the executive director of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Ore., and the author of “Geology Lab for Kids” and “Modern Rockhounding & Prospecting Handbook.” The ...

This story was first published in KCUR's Creative Adventure newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox every Tuesday. To understand local lithology is to understand Kansas ...

THE closing years of the nineteenth century witnessed a revival of interest in the petrology of gneous rocks, which must be regarded as marking an important stage in the development of that subject.

Geology is an important topic in the world of oil drilling, whether you’re interested in pursuing a career in the industry or ...

Editor’s note: The Wild is all about featuring a variety of exciting voices from SoCal’s outdoors scene. For the next several weeks, we’re featuring a series of guest writers (whom we’ve dubbed ...

One of the most spectacular things about Central Washington is its geology. We’ve got everything from a sleeping volcano called Mount Adams, to basalt columns made of solidified lava, to Union Gap and ...

Central University of South Bihar's geology students underwent a two-week field training in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. They learned rock and mineral identification, geological mapping, and ...

One of my projects underway is the development of a geological guide of the Northwest Lancaster County Recreational Trail. This trail stretches from Columbia north to Falmouth, about 14 miles, all ...

Call it the Grotto of Black Hills Geology. The historical rock grotto that sits beside a closed Catholic church in Oelrichs is actually a shrine to St. Therese of the Little Flower, but the structure ...