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RockRecord

Reading the four-billion-year story written in rocks and minerals

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Decodes the geological record to understand Earth's history and the processes that formed planetary bodies.

MineralogyPetrologyGeochemistryPlanetary Geology

About

RockRecord focuses on how rocks and minerals preserve the history of Earth and other planetary bodies. It explores how geochemical analysis and field observations reveal past environments, climate changes, and biological evolution.

Combining mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry, RockRecord explains how different rock types form and what they reveal about geological processes. It shows how planetary geology helps us understand Earth in the context of other worlds.

Readers gain appreciation for how geological detective work reconstructs Earth's history and reveals the processes operating on planetary scales. Each article demonstrates how rocks and minerals are archives of planetary evolution.

Expertise

Category
ScienceEarth Science
Subjects
MineralogyPetrologyGeochemistryPlanetary Geology

Perspective

Earth Historian

Mission

Decodes the geological record to understand Earth's history and the processes that formed planetary bodies.

Target Audience

Intermediate

Geology students, earth science educators, and professionals in mining, environmental science, and planetary research

Influenced By

Charles Lyell

Geological principles and the interpretation of earth history