by Gelogia | Dec 17, 2024 | Geology, Petrology, Structural Geology
Porosity is an important property of a material, describing the ratio of voids to the total volume. This property is important in many fields, including geology, materials science, environmental studies, and engineering. Understanding porosity is key to assessing how...
by Gelogia | Nov 27, 2024 | Geology, Hydrology
Evaporation is important in the water cycle and affects our daily lives. From drying clothes to cooling the body through sweat, evaporation is a phenomenon we frequently encounter. What is Evaporation? Evaporation is the process by which water from a liquid or solid...
by Gelogia | Sep 27, 2024 | Geology
What is the Geological Time Scale? The geological time scale is a system geologists use to subdivide the great span of time since the origin of the Earth. In other words, when the duration (time range) of the division in the geological column is given in terms of...
by Gelogia | Nov 15, 2022 | Geology, Petrology, Structural Geology
Metamorphic Textures Small-scale features that occur in virtually all of the rock body at the microscopic scale The term ‘Fabric’ is also used synonymously. As the rock-forming processes differ among types of metamorphism, the resulting texture is also different....
by Gelogia | Feb 12, 2022 | Geology
Stratigraphy is the branch of geology that sheds light on strata formation, composition, distribution, and succession. Stratigraphy is concerned with the description, organization, and classification of stratified rock. In addition, it is the study of temporal...
by Gelogia | Jan 16, 2022 | Geology, Mineralogy
Ore is a naturally occurring sediment or rock deposit that contains one or two or more number of economically valuable minerals. E.g. Hematite, Magnetite, Basalt etc. The ore needs to find first, then extracted from the earth through mining. The concentration of...
