Geology

Want to get people excited about space exploration? Continue to use D&D-style names like Tharsis Tholus for geological features on Mars and every young man in the world will want to visit. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2011 - 4:18pm

Magnetized Moon Rocks Mystery

The moon has no global magnetic field yet Apollo astronauts found magnetized rocks on the lunar surface. A new hypothesis proposes a mechanism that could have generated a magnetic field on the moon early in its history. The 'geodynamo' that gene ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2011 - 3:54am

Measuring Volcano Deformation From Space: InSAR

This post is the first of a new series I plan to write, on the techniques used to study and monitor volcanoes. The reason science is the best method we have of investigating the world around us is not so much what we know, but how we know it. I thought I ...

Article - Gareth Fabbro - Nov 15 2011 - 11:55am

Planet Earth: Extreme Beauty – Extreme Danger

Planet Earth: Extreme Beauty – Extreme Danger ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Nov 3 2012 - 8:05am

Magma Chambers Part II: Magma Mushes

In the first part of this look at magma chambers, I talked about some of the processes that dominate what goes on beneath an active volcano. The twin actions of fractionation and assimilation were what preoccupied the early researchers, however more recen ...

Article - Gareth Fabbro - Nov 21 2011 - 11:25pm

Iceland- Does Lithosphere Spread?

Iceland is always referred to as an oceanic island on an oceanic ridge protruded above the Atlantic sea level. Under the aegis of Plate Tectonic Concepts(PTC), this island is considered as the real time evidence of lithospheric spreading. In the wake of n ...

Article - Biju Longhinos - Nov 24 2011 - 10:58am

Pantelleria, A Volcano With A Trapdoor

As my last few blogs have been a bit heavy on the science, I thought I'd write something a bit lighter. So here are some pretty pictures of the fieldwork for master's project, when I went to Pantelleria to measure the CO 2 degassing that was occ ...

Article - Gareth Fabbro - Nov 24 2011 - 5:50pm

Earthquakes At Uturuncu Volcano

Given that there has been some recent interest in Uturuncu in the media, when ...

Article - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 12 2011 - 2:14pm

Extreme Geohazards- What Are They?

Extreme Geohazards – what are they? In December 2004, we all learned one Japanese word; tsunami (津波, lit. "harbor wave"). Japan has seen a number of tsunamis through out times, situated right there on the Ring of Fire, and when the Sumatran ear ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Nov 28 2011 - 8:07pm

A is for Aniakchak (an A to Z of volcanoes)

In this post, I want to set off on a voyage, a voyage to visit some of the less well-known volcanoes of the world. I'll take a look as some volcanoes you may not of heard of, and it will also be a bit of a learning experience for me as I read a bit m ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 4 2011 - 11:50am