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Subduction through the mantleA few days ago I described the “Wadati-Benioff zone” as one
Valles Marineris on Mars is an enormous set of valleys; so big in fact, that it is visible from Eart
The Avalon TerraneIt’s rather remarkable that right now, a person in Poland is standing on a s
India off to the racesAbout 100 million years ago, the Supercontinent Gondwana, composed of what are
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THE COLUMNAR COAST OF TASMANIAThe dolerites of Tasmania are remnants of Gondwana, a “super con
Plate tectonicsIt was first truly understood that the plates of the Earth move across the planet&rsq
Subducted seamountsSubduction zones are some of the most powerful faults in Earth’s crust. The
When Push Comes to Shove…Exit Stage RightThe tallest feature on planet Earth, by far, is the
Apparent Polar WanderThis image shows one of the fundamental techniques geologists use to reconstruc
Origins of the World’s Largest Single VolcanoHawaii’s Mauna Loa was regarded as the larg
Wonder lakeOne of the wonders of Denali National Park in Alaska it this beautiful body of water, see
Ain’t no mountain high enough for Mother NatureIn the aftermath of the devastating Nepal earth
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When did the continents appear?This gorgeous shot is Alaska’s Augustine volcano, one of the ma
Tectonic congestion on the road from subductionPlate tectonics shape our planet. They make it habita
Something sits under the SierrasThe Southern Sierra Nevada and the Los Angeles basin are some of the
YamnuskaAlso known as mount John Laurie, this peak in Alberta in Canada is another example of an ove
Composition includes: biotite, muscovite, chlorite, feldspars, oxides, and quartz. Feldspar poikilob
This rock is predominantly composed of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. The alkali feldspar
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Feeding patternsThese swirly patterns were made by living organisms at the bottom of the sea approxi
Robert Dietz – Scientist of the DayRobert Sinclair Dietz, an American marine geologist, died M
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