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Mapping Seismic Activity with Population:Is your country prone to an earthquake or volcanic eruption

GlossopterisThese are fossils of the plant Glossopteris, which arose in the early Permian. The fossi

The Karoo LIP: The Destroyer of GondwanaAbout 500 million years ago, a huge continent was assembled

HIDDEN MICRO-CONTINENT FOUND IN THE INDIAN OCEANBeneath the islands of Reunion and Mauritius lies a

Crumple zoneThe Ural Mountains mark one of the traditional boundaries between Europe from Asia, and

Plate Tectonics and MusselsThis picture was taken off the coast of the islands of Trinidad and Tobag

mochi-studies: [ 28.08.16 • 10/100 DAYS OF PRODUCTIVITY ] wuhu some geog notes on plate tectonics th

Ruby and sapphire, intergrown…In a recent post we shared a corundum crystal from Nepal in whi

beachstudies:12/9/15 2:40PM - 3 finals done, 3 more to go! here are my notes on geology :)

ICELANDÞingvellir National ParkÞingvellir itself is the name of two places in southern Iceland. One

Vazquez rocks just outside of L.A. - sedimentary layers titled during the faulting that built the Sa

Pierre Shale and the Cretaceous SeawayThis image shows a slice through a geologic unit found in Badl

Mapping Seismic Activity: Vulnerable vs. Non-Vulnerable RegionsThe study of plate tectonics offers a

The Great Glen Fault It is difficult to look at Scotland from above without noticing a major geologi

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

Whipstock HillThis spectacular road cut is found in Vermont near the boundary with New York. The roc

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

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