Newsletter of the Department of Mineral Sciences Volume 6, Number 3 In this Issue | Rocks ∙ Meteorites ∙ Gems ∙ Volcanoes ∙ Minerals |

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Earthlearningidea http://www.earthlearningidea.com Rock builder Simulating the formation of fossiliferous sedimentary rocks A discussion about why we need to simulate sedimentary processes could be used as a lead-in to

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ABSTRACT Rock Physics provides the connections between elastic properties measured at the surface of the earth, within the borehole environment or in the laboratory with the intrinsic properties of rocks, such as mineral

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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 115, B10103, doi:2009JB007205, 2010 Influence of inclination error in sedimentary rocks on the Triassic and Jurassic apparent pole wander path for North America and implicat

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Methods of Determining the Age of Rock Stratigraphic (Law of Superposition) Geologists generally assume that in a layer of undisturbed rocks, the older deposits are on the bottom and, as you move upwards, you encounter p

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Geology 101, Lab Section (20 Points) Your First & Last Name: Geology Lab: The Properties of Minerals & Igneous Rocks

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• Geology
• Petrology
• Igneous petrology
• Volcanology
• Volcanic rocks
• Subvolcanic rocks
• Felsic
• Mafic
• Igneous rock
• Basalt
• Granite
• Aphanite

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT NCGS Newsletter Editor: Mark Detterman

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• Geology
• Petrology
• Metamorphic petrology
• Volcanic rocks
• Metamorphic rocks
• Pedology
• Serpentine soil
• Soil in the United States
• Serpentine subgroup
• Franciscan Assemblage
• Blueschist
• Serpentinite

.   chapter four  . Petrographic Analysis of Transport Amphorae Chris Doherty Introduction Reported here are the findings of a thin-section study of

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• Geology
• Petrology
• Igneous petrology
• Volcanic rocks
• Volcanology
• Metamorphic rocks
• Trachyte
• Basalt
• Lithology
• Gabbro
• Mineral
• Dacite

THE SOCIETY FOR ORGANIC PETROLOGY NEWSLETTER Vol. 31, No. 2 June, 2014

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• Energy
• Natural gas
• Physical universe
• Sedimentary rocks
• Coalbed methane
• Methane
• Petrology
• Coal mining
• Coal

KIMBERLITES Kimberlite is an ultrabasic olivine-rich igneous rock called peridotite. Peridotites occur at great depths in the earth in a layer called the mantlemiles below the surface). At this depth the combi

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• Geology
• Petrology
• Ultramafic rocks
• Silicate minerals
• Kimberlite
• Peridotite
• Harzburgite
• Phlogopite
• Enstatite
• Xenolith
• Olivine
• Basalt