There has been a wave of articles over the last few weeks out on the geoblogosphere on columnar jointing in lavas – with many, many great images of columns seen aroundthe world. I thought I’d jump in ...

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986, the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland is a geometrical and geological ...

Discover how columnar joints form in volcanic rocks, creating stunning landscapes like Giant's Causeway and Devil's Postpile. Columbia River Basalt flows in the Palouse River Canyon of Washington.

Mumbai’s construction industry’s frenzied excavation activity has unravelled a spectacular 40-feet columnar joint structure of trachyte rock The trachyte rock is famous as the Malad stone. Yellow in ...

Columnar jointing is a common feature in many basaltic lava flows and intrusions around the world. Spectacular arrangements of columns have fascinated observers for centuries, and numerous hypotheses ...

Mahalapye — Environment, natural resources conservation and tourism minister says the columnar stones erected at a point where the Tropic of Capricorn crosses the A1 road pay tribute to all the ...

Discover columnar jointing in volcanic deposits, a unique feature caused by cooling differences in lavas. Learn more about impressive examples! However, columnar jointing can occur in any composition ...