Far beneath the creaking surface of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, scientists have uncovered a granite body roughly 60 miles ...

Ancient granite boulders reveal a vast hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier, reshaping understanding of Antarctic ice flow. Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of th ...

British Antarctic Survey researchers identified a massive buried granite body beneath West Antarctica, explaining pink ...

University of Wyoming researchers Davin Bagdonas and Carol Frost make observations on Lankin Dome, part of the Wyoming batholith, in central Wyoming’s Granite Mountains. (Myron Allen Photo) ...

A large formation of granite discovered below the lunar surface likely was formed from the cooling of molten lava that fed a volcano or volcanoes that erupted early in the Moon's history -- as long as ...

A recent discovery shows that the moon's far side was volcanically active. A team of geologists found a large granite deposit beneath a long-extinct lunar volcano, supporting the theory that the ...

I’ve been thinking about granite a lot recently; primarily because we have been covering plate tectonics in my AP Environmental Science class. Granite figures prominently in this discussion because ...

Two unique types of granite formed far from each other before colliding in the Cascades. Towering walls of granite stand sentinel over Highway 20 at Washington Pass deep in the North Cascades. The ...

I’ve been thinking about granite a lot recently; primarily because we have been covering plate tectonics in my AP Environmental Science class. Granite figures prominently in this discussion because ...