Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian ...

The Yellowstone region's Beartooth Mountains feature some of the most ancient rocks in North America — as old as 3.96 billion ...

Yellowstone volcanism has produced some of the youngest rocks in North America. This same region also features some of the ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

Related: Massive tectonic collision causing Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet apart The Rainbow Mountains are made of sandstone and siltstone — sedimentary rocks that form when sand and ...

CONNOR: Sedimentary rock is a soft rock type ... The Black Cuillin on the Isle of Skye is a volcanic mountain range. It was formed around 60 million years ago but today it's popular with very ...

Almost all fossils are preserved in sedimentary rock. Organisms that live in topographically low ... Reading the layers is complicated by the fact that as continents move and mountains rise, the ...

Dramatic cliffs, panoramas and suggestive rock formations are the reward for hikers in Danxia Shan, an easy weekend getaway ...