Category Geology

Weathering is the process of disintegration and decomposition of rocks and minerals at or near the earth’s surface. It is the initial stage of denudation and the static part of the process of erosion. Its products are equilibrium in position…

Stratigraphy is the study of layered rocks, especially their sequence, correlation from place to place, relative ages, and interpretation. Several important stratigraphic principles emerged from the study of stratigraphy centuries ago by the early founders of the science of geology.…

Any rock derived from pre-existing rocks by mineralogical, chemical, structural, or textural changes in solid-state, in response to marked changes in temperature, pressure, and chemical environment at depth in earth’s crust i.e. below the zone of weathering and cementation is…

Sedimentary rocks are the rocks resulting from the consolidation of loose sediments which have been derived from the pre-existing rocks and minerals, chemical precipitation from solution, and organic remains of plants and animals at or near the earth’s surface. Texture…

Sedimentary rocks are formed from the consolidation of loose sediments. There are different stages and processes involved in the formation of formation of sedimentary rocks in nature which are described below:

Texture of igneous rocks is the actual relationship between crystals or in between crystal and glassy matter under physiochemical environment. The large scale features of igneous rocks is called the structure of igneous rocks.

Rocks are naturally occurring aggregate of minerals . They are of two types i.e. Monomineralic rock and polymineralic rock. Monomineralic rocks are the ones that contains only one mineral. While polymineralic rocks are the ones that contains more than one…

Mineral is a naturally occuring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and physical structure. Common minerals include quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, olivine, and calcite. There are approximately 4000 different minerals, and each of those minerals has a unique set…

Structural geology is concerned with the description, spatial representation, and analysis of structural features ranging from microscopic to megascopic.  It controls the migration of groundwater, oil, gas, and natural minerals. Fault Faults are the fractures in bedrock along which movement…