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Category Archives: tectonics
AAPG Day 1: rifting models, snowballs, and other miscellany
It has to be said that it’s never been a particular ambition of mine to mix with the luminaries of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Still, lots of interesting research does get done in the name of finding and … Continue reading
Geological analogies of the tectonic kind
Callan asks: What are some of your favorite analogies for explaining geological concepts to other people? Teaching through analogy – explaining new concepts to people by referring to things that they know or understand already – can be a powerful … Continue reading
Dike swarms and continental barcodes
Who would have thought a mess of ridges could hold the key to reconstructing past geographies?
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Tectonics shown to drive changes in biodiversity
No surprise to anyone – except biologists, apparently.
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Volcanoes: our noble allies in the battle against export productivity
Finally, a blogospheric spat that actually matters. Craig McClain over at Deep Sea News has accused volcanoes of being the implacable enemies of marine life, based on new research linking them to some bouts of extreme ocean anoxia (where the … Continue reading
Nice plan for content warnings on Mastodon and the Fediverse. Now you need a Mastodon/Fediverse button on this blog.