Category Archives: geophysics

Friday Focal Mechanism: Magnitude 7.2, Western Pakistan

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Why are we getting an extensional earthquake at a convergent plate boundary? Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geophysics, tectonics

An avalanche at the museum

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Chris Rowan

At the Chicago Museum of Science & Technology, make your own debris flows with the hypnotic Avalanche Disk. Continue reading →

Categories: geohazards, geology, geophysics, public science, science education

Yellowstone: what lies beneath

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Chris Rowan

The best evidence yet that the Yellowstone hotspot is the result of a mantle plume – one that had to burn through a subducting slab to get to the surface. Continue reading →

Categories: geophysics, paper reviews, volcanoes

Friday focal mechanisms

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Chris Rowan

A brief summary of the past two week’s significant earthquakes, and their tectonic context. Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geophysics

5 focal mechanisms

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Chris Rowan

On the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
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Categories: basics, earthquakes, geology, geophysics