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During my time at university some relatives and acquaintances have questioned my decision to pursue geology as a degree believing this to be a male-dominated field and that I should consider exploring a more classically feminine degree. As a result, I thought I’d share just a handful of the women who have made ground-breaking advances […]
Read More Women in geologyResearchers have found a large-scale reservoir off southwestern Japan, an area where the Earth’s crust is being separated. Depending on its nature, the trapped gas could be a potential untapped natural resource or a source of greenhouse gas waiting to escape, raising the need for awareness of similar reservoirs around the world. The depths of […]
Read More Reservoir found below rifting axis: Greenhouse gas threat or untapped resourceThis recent study focuses on the asteroid impact which eradicated 75% of life including non-avian dinosaurs. Analysis of rock and debris that fell in the first 24 hours following the impact is giving an insight into conditions during the immediate aftermath of the impact. An international team led by the University of Texas analysed more […]
Read More Record of first day of dinosaur extinction held in rocks from asteroid impact50 million years ago a volcanic chain between Japan and Russia entered a period of dormancy and was silenced for 10 million years. Wu, assistant professor of structural geology, tectonics and mantle structure suggests that one of the most significant tectonic plate shifts in the Pacific Ocean forced the volcanoes into dormancy. Wu and UH […]
Read More Why did this 900 mile long volcanic chain go dormant?A dying tectonic plate under the ocean along the West Coast of the United States appears to have a tear-like hole that is causing unexpected chaos on Earth’s surface. Named Juan de Fuca (pronounced “wahn de fyoo-kuh”), this plate is the size of Michigan and the reported gaping tear in this plate is possibly the […]
Read More Are we witnessing the death of a tectonic plate?A recent Chinese lunar mission has revealed secrets about the moon’s mantle which has been a long held mystery. The research is published in Nature and scientists from the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that the composition of the lunar surface at the South Pole-Aitken Basin is different to that expected. […]
Read More China’s lunar rover uncovers secret on the far side of the moonA volcanic province dating back to the age of the dinosaurs has been uncovered within the Cooper-Eromanga Basins of central Australia. Through the use of integrated seismic, well, gravity, and magnetic data an international team of subsurface explorers from the University of Adelaide in Australia and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland have uncovered 100 […]
Read More Hidden ‘Jurassic world’ of volcanoes found under central AustraliaWhilst this could be considered an unusual topic for a geology blog as the question seems to be more philosophical than physical the query has great implications for measuring the diversity of life over time. The unique method of telling Earth’s history that paleontology provides is fundamental in geology. Etymologically the term individual means that […]
Read More What is an individual?New evidence suggests that in 1815 Earth’s atmosphere was short-circuited by electrically charged volcanic ash causing poor weather on a global scale that aided Napoleon’s defeat. Many factors contributed to Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat at Waterloo and it has long been known that one of these key factors was the poor weather. Heavy rain caused the ground […]
Read More Did A Volcanic Eruption in Indonesia Help Defeat Napoleon?New research suggests that the landmass that we call Britain formed from three continental landmasses, not two as previously thought. It has long been believed that 400 million years ago the continents Avalonia and Laurentia collided to form the landmass of Britain. Avalonia is a continent formed from a fragment of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana […]
Read More Geologists Uncover An Ancient Connection Between England And FranceA recent study has revealed new clues on the driving mechanism that caused the most severe mass extinction the Earth has ever known. Also known as the ‘Great Dying’ the P-T marks the boundary between the Permian and Triassic periods and also signifies the end of the entire Palaeozoic era. Occurring 252 million years ago […]
Read More New Clues Shed Light On Earth’s Greatest Mass extinctionWith an approximate age of 13.7 billion years, the universe has had a long and complex history, such an enormous length of time is difficult for the human mind to comprehend therefore scaling its current age to a single year helps visualize its chronology. This scale means that each month approximately equates to 1.1 billion […]
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