Rocks:
The rock cycle
Fault lines lead to gold
Cratons, why are you still here?
Composition of the Earth's crust
A tiny grain helps reveal the history of a rock
Found: ancient, primitive mantle from deep Earth
An explanation, at last, for mysterious 'Zen Stones'
Geometry reveals how the world is assembled from cubes
Ancient rocks record first evidence for photosynthesis that made oxygen
In situ direct displacement information on fault reactivation during fluid injection
Weathering of rocks by mosses may explain climate effects during the Late Ordovician
Before plants or animals existed, this 250,000-ton rock fell in the mud. Here's how we know
Rock types:
Rhyolite
Feldspar
Hematite
Composition of rocks
The rock identification key
New mineral shows nature's infinite variability
Magmatic differentiation: chemical variations in rock suites
Rock formation processs:
Lithification
Petrification
Thermochemistry
Mercury mineral evolution
Geochemistry of igneous rocks
Sculpting of rocks by reactive fluids
Lightning reshapes rocks at the atomic level
Selective silicate-directed motility in diatoms
Computer simulation explains mysterious rock patterns
Mechanisms behind solid-solid phase transitions discovered
Sorting minerals differently could usher a new era for mineralogy
Meteorite bombardment likely to have created the Earth's oldest rocks
Sedimentary processesand the temporal resolution of sedimentary strata
The elusive iron-sappingmechanism that reults in Earth's continental crust
Rock mechanics, strength & deformation:
Rock mechanics
Is old rock really as 'solid as a rock'?
Feeling the force between sand grains
Principles of risk-based rock engineering design
New technique tracks rock deformation at a micrometric scale
Muography and its potential applications to mining and rock engineering
Fracture assessment of quasi-brittle rock simulated by modified discrete element method
An experimental investgation into the salt-weathering susceptability of building limestones
Numerical analysis of the failure process of soil-rock mixtures through CT and PFC3D models
Alternative approaches for the determination of unconfined rock deformation and strength properties
Viscoplasticity-embedded discontinuity model for 3D description of rock failure under dynamic loading
Magnetism in rocks:
Magnetic recording in rocks
Pressure alters rock magnetization
Grand challenges in geomagnetism and paleomagnetism
Unique geologic insights from "non-unique" gravity and magnetic interpretation
Rock detection and mining:
Muography and its potential applications to mining and rock engineering
Regional:
USA:
Old copper culture: North America's forgotten metal workers
Yosemite granite 'tells a different story' about geologic history
Europe:
Australia:
China:
China's mysterious egg-laying mountain that spews out stone eggs