The Lithosphere is always in a state of work in progress. In 1912, a German geologist named Alfred Wegener came up with an outlandish theory known as continental...
Surface area of earth is 510,072,000 km². It comprises of 148,940,000 km² land (29.2 %) & 361,132,000 km² water (70.8 %). Relief features of oceans are quite different...
There are various structures on the surface of the earth that give rise to various kinds of Landscapes. On a large scale, the landscapes of can be divided...
In Mass Wasting, the gravitational force of the earth acts directly on the loose material and the unstable slopes result the slide of the rocks and rock debris....
There are two types of the processes that affect the landforms viz. Exogenic and Endogenic. Endogenic are the processes that occur within the earth’s surface such as Plate...
Magma is a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids. Besides molten rock it may contain suspended crystals and dissolved gases. The two most abundant elements...
The mountain-building processes of the Earth’s crust involve tremendous pressures and high temperatures. These extreme conditions alter igneous or sedimentary rocks, transforming them into metamorphic rock. Thus, metamorphic...
Sedimentary rocks are made from layers, or strata, of mineral particles found in other rocks that have been weathered and from newly formed organic matter. Sedimentary rocks are...
The upper 16 kilometers of the Earth’s crust is made up of 95% Igneous rock, with a thin covering of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Igneous rocks are formed...
