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Category Archives: geophysics
Bumpy ice: proof of a Martian water cycle?
Some interesting data from Mars Odyssey about the distribution of sub-surface ice on Mars were published in Nature last week by Joshua Bandfield at Arizona State University (see also here and here). Mars Odyssey had already detected the presence of … Continue reading
Know thy co-ordinate system
Even the best measurements are meaningless if you muck up your corrections
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Geological Basics: the art of Paleomagic
If I’m ever going to talk about my own research in any detail, I’m first going to have to explain a little (or a lot) about the field I fell into almost by accident, paleomagnetism. Literally ‘ancient magnetism’, paleomagnetism is … Continue reading
Rebellious mantle refuses to tie itself to ridge axis
The new geophysics results from the spreading ridge on the East Pacific Rise, just published by Toomey et al., have already been mentioned on Deep Sea News: as guest poster Kevin Zelnio discusses, this new mapping of where the mantle … Continue reading
The dampness within
So much for a honeymoon period; no sooner do I arrive at Scienceblogs than commentators start making demands. Fortunately, the story I’ve been ordered to write about was already in my ‘of interest’ pile, so in this instance it’s not … Continue reading
Nice plan for content warnings on Mastodon and the Fediverse. Now you need a Mastodon/Fediverse button on this blog.