Bernard Darty

Have you ever wondered how rocks, those seemingly unchangeable chunks of Earth, can completely transform into something new? It’s a little like watching a caterpillar become a butterfly—except with intense heat, crushing pressure, and no cocoon involved. This process is […]

If you’ve ever picked up a rock, you might have wondered how it came to be. Sure, they’re solid, hard, and often seem like they’ve been around forever. But beneath their tough exterior, sedimentary rocks are the result of a […]

Metamorphism is one of those geological processes that sounds a lot more complex than it really is. In essence, it’s the transformation of rocks under the influence of extreme heat, pressure, or chemically active fluids. It’s nature’s way of giving […]

Diagenesis might not be a term you drop casually at a dinner party, but for geologists, it’s like a backstage pass to understanding the transformation of Earth’s sediments into solid rock. Think of it as nature’s way of turning a […]

Porosity might not be a word you throw around at the dinner table, but in geology, it’s a game-changer. It’s the measure of all those tiny (or not-so-tiny) void spaces inside rocks and sediments where things like water, oil, gas, […]