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fuunsaiki:ri-science:In 1912 AlfredWegener proposed a controversial theory about how the Earth’s lan

A plate is not exactly like a plateGeologists describe the motion of continents and oceans around th

Marie Tharp and the Mid-Atlantic RidgeThe ocean floor has always been a mysterious place and in the

The Great Glen FaultIt is difficult to look at Scotland from above without noticing a major geologic

Caledonian foldingBack in the early Cambrian some 500 million years ago, the continental dance had a

Mount WoodringResembling a human profile staring enigmatically up into the sky, this peak in the Gra

AFAR DEPRESSION; ERITREA, DJIBOUTI AND ETHIOPIAThe Afar Depression (aka the Danakil Depression) is a

Wallace’s LineThe British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace is most famous for his contribution

Mount Kinabalu at SunriseThis magnificent shadow is cast by Mount Kinabalu at sunrise. Kinabalu form

Subduction through the mantleA few days ago I described the “Wadati-Benioff zone” as one

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

THE COLUMNAR COAST OF TASMANIAThe dolerites of Tasmania are remnants of Gondwana, a “super con

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

jean-hofstadler:- Testemunhas geológicas da deriva continental, falésias de Torres.&nb

When did the continents appear?This gorgeous shot is Alaska’s Augustine volcano, one of the ma

Something sits under the SierrasThe Southern Sierra Nevada and the Los Angeles basin are some of the

WORKUP WEDNESDAY #Edition3 #wonderful week

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Feeding patternsThese swirly patterns were made by living organisms at the bottom of the sea approxi

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