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• Conglomerate (geology) — For a kind of corporation, see Conglomerate (company). Conglomerate Sedimentary Rock Boulder of conglomerate with cobble sized clasts. Rock hammer for scale …   Wikipedia

• Slave craton — which is one of the oldest dated rock units on Earth at 4.03 Ga. The crust of the Slave craton is thought to have amalgamated during a 2.69 Ga collision between a proto Slave western basement complex, known as the Central Slave Basement Complex,… …   Wikipedia

• Sudbury Basin — The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is the second largest known impact crater or astrobleme on Earth, and a major geologic structure in Ontario, Canada.The basin is located on the Canadian Shield in …   Wikipedia

• Howardite — cm across, found in the Queen Alexandra Range in Antarctica.Howardites are achondritic stony meteorites that originate from the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, and as such are part of the HED meteorite group. There are about 50 distinct members… …   Wikipedia

• Eucrite — Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites that originate from the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, and as such are part of the HED meteorite group. They are the most common achondrite group with well over 100 distinct finds at present.Eucrites… …   Wikipedia

• Diogenite — The Johnstown Diogenite. Tatahouine, diogenite Diogenites are a subgroup of the …   Wikipedia

• Narryer Gneiss Terrane — Stratigraphic range: > 3.3 Ga Satellite image of Jack Hills in the Narryer Gneiss Terrane Type Geological complex Sub units …   Wikipedia

• Nininger Meteorite Award — The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the “Science of Meteoritics” as embodied by an original research paper.[1] In 1965, Dr. Harvey H. Nininger and Mrs. Addie D. Nininger endowed the Nininger Science of… …   Wikipedia

• Back River volcanic complex — The Back River volcanic complex is an Archean stratovolcano, located km to mi|num=480|abbr=no|spell=Commonwealth|precision=0|wiki=yes northwest of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The volcano constitutes the Back Group of the… …   Wikipedia

• Whim Creek Copper Mine — The Whim Creek Copper Mine is an operating copper oxide mine, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. History Copper was discovered several kilometres west of the town in 1872 and gold 20 km north in 1887. Copper has been mined on and …   Wikipedia