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Environmental: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography Geoscience: Geology
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Hot traces in rock      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Fluids circulating underground change rocks over the course of time. These processes must be taken i ...

Anthropology: Cultures Anthropology: Early Humans Anthropology: General
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Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Research suggests that Paleolithic humans in the Middle East selected flint for their cutting tools...

Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Geology
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Alpine rock reveals dynamics of plate movements in Earth's interior      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Examining how plates move in Earth's mantle and how mountains form is no easy feat. Certain rocks th ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Solving a long-standing mystery about the desert's rock art canvas - Solving a Long-Standing Mystery About the Desert's Rock Art Canvas      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Petroglyphs are carved in a material called rock varnish, the origins of which have been debated for ...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Geochemistry Geoscience: Geology
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Researchers probe molten rock to crack Earth's deepest secrets      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

An international team re-created molten rock conditions deep within the Earth and measured the spin ...

Space: The Solar System
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Apollo rock samples capture key moments in the Moon's early history - Apollo Rock Samples Reveal Key Moments in the Moon's Early History      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Volcanic rock samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key eve ...

Offbeat: General Offbeat: Space Space: Exploration Space: General Space: The Solar System
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Research sheds new light on Moon rock formation solving major puzzle in lunar geology      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

New research has cracked a vital process in the creation of a unique rock type from the Moon. The di ...

Offbeat: General Offbeat: Space Space: Astronomy Space: Exploration Space: General Space: The Solar System
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Study determines the original orientations of rocks drilled on Mars      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Geologists determined the original orientation of many of the Mars bedrock samples collected by the...

Chemistry: Thermodynamics Environmental: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Earthquakes
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Rock permeability, microquakes link may be a boon for geothermal energy      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Using machine learning, researchers have tied low-magnitude microearthquakes to the permeability of...

Space: The Solar System
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Mining rocks in orbit could aid deep space exploration - Mining Rocks in Orbit Could Aid Deep Space Exploration      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help huma...