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Disappearing KolbeinseyAs islet, defined as a very small island, can simply be a rock in the sea (Ba
Failed Rift ArmsA continental rift is described as the zone of crustal deformation that occurs when
Sheared magma chamberThese rocks are part of Mount Shimansky, one of several mountain peaks found in
The Brahma SchistThe Vishnu Schist unit that I’ve covered a couple times now is a group of metamorph
Your Fault of the WeekNASA has again provided us with an image that should find itself in all future
Ancient plate boundary in the Southern AppalachiansAnyone reading this post in Florida or Southeast
sailaweigh:fuunsaiki:ri-science:In 1912 AlfredWegener proposed a controversial theory about how the
‘Logsogumadhr’ Poem, June 2017.
The Mystery of the Midcontinental Rift1.1 billion years ago, a rift opened under what is now Lake Su
The biggest water cycleAs I’m writing this, there are a handful of puffy white clouds in the s
The Mexican Subduction ZoneToday, June 23 2020, there was a large magnitude earthquake near Oaxaca,
Rocky Mountain HighIf you drive from the Mississippi River to Denver, you increase in elevation by o
The Emperor’s HeadOur modern thinking behind hotspots is that they are generated by mantle plumes. A
Hidden in the deep.Deep beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean sits…something intriguing. We’ve never
Iceland volcanoes may erupt more with global warmingWe just posted on the pulses of volcanism that r
What is a plate?Often on this page you’ll hear me talking about plate motion, plate tectonics, or pl
Scandinavian CaledonidesMountain belts are a source of all sorts of exciting and significant fossil
Oxygen and the continents: linked?First, take a deep breath. Now, look outside at the ground below y
Gondwana CratonsA Craton is an ancient piece of earth’s continental crust, one that has been stable
The Australian AlpsThese rocks are found in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park, home to the highes
So, we know that it’s because of plate tectonics that our oceans are growing and shrinking, we
Car crash tectonics - when plates meetResearchers from Colombia and Houston have identified a &ldquo
Middle-aged Earth: Boring tectonics, boring life?It has long been known that life got started on Ear
ShiveluchShiveluch volcano is the northernmost active volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula’s volcanic
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