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Boring Billion (Geological periods 🌍)
The Boring Billion, otherwise known as the Mid-Proterozoic and Earth's Middle Ages, is an informal geological time period between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago during the middle Proterozoic eon spanning from the Statherian to the Tonian periods, characterized by more or less tectonic stability, climatic stasis and slo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring_Billion
#BoringBillion #Proterozoic #Astrobiology #1995InScience #PlateTectonics #GeologicalPeriods
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌍🧭 Researchers at the University of #Barcelona built a free web tool that converts current #fossil coordinates to where those locations sat millions of years ago.
It runs five global plate tectonic models simultaneously and shows automated results nearly identical to desktop #software, with an average spatial error under 17 meters.
👉 https://scitechdaily.com/where-on-earth-was-this-fossil-200-million-years-ago/
#paleontology #platetectonics #paleogeography #universityofbarcelona #geology #map #science #earthscience #cretaceous
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌍🧭 Researchers at the University of #Barcelona built a free web tool that converts current #fossil coordinates to where those locations sat millions of years ago.
It runs five global plate tectonic models simultaneously and shows automated results nearly identical to desktop #software, with an average spatial error under 17 meters.
👉 https://scitechdaily.com/where-on-earth-was-this-fossil-200-million-years-ago/
#paleontology #platetectonics #paleogeography #universityofbarcelona #geology #map #science #earthscience #cretaceous
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Modelling of rift valleys on Venus and comparison to known topography suggests at least three places with active or quite recently active extension at rates of 3−10 cm/yr.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-02044-8
I remember when the prevailing theory was that the Venusian lithosphere just sat there until it catastrophically overturned every few hundred million years. Now it’s starting to look like Venus may not have Earth-like plate tectonics, but it’s not a fully stagnant lid either.
The most exciting possibility: perhaps we’re getting a look at what may have been the prevailing mode in the earliest part of Earth history.
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Modelling of rift valleys on Venus and comparison to known topography suggests at least three places with active or quite recently active extension at rates of 3−10 cm/yr.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-02044-8
I remember when the prevailing theory was that the Venusian lithosphere just sat there until it catastrophically overturned every few hundred million years. Now it’s starting to look like Venus may not have Earth-like plate tectonics, but it’s not a fully stagnant lid either.
The most exciting possibility: perhaps we’re getting a look at what may have been the prevailing mode in the earliest part of Earth history.
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌋☄️ An analysis of 89 major geological events over 260 million years finds #Earth’s biggest disasters cluster every 27.5 million years.
An #NYU geologist suggests this may link interior processes to orbital cycles or the #solarsystem’s motion through the #MilkyWay. The idea remains controversial but has held up against refined #data.
#geology #earthscience #science #volcano #astronomy #evolution #platetectonics #climate
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌋☄️ An analysis of 89 major geological events over 260 million years finds #Earth’s biggest disasters cluster every 27.5 million years.
An #NYU geologist suggests this may link interior processes to orbital cycles or the #solarsystem’s motion through the #MilkyWay. The idea remains controversial but has held up against refined #data.
#geology #earthscience #science #volcano #astronomy #evolution #platetectonics #climate
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Earth, Sweet Earth ( Science For Everyone) by Ekaterina Radkevich
The book is based on the author’s impressions of her numerous expeditions in the many countries. It is a fascinating narrative rather than a mere record of facts irrespective of how scientifically valid they can be. The book is bound to be appreciated as a piece of absorbing reading by anyone who cares to increase the scope of his or her competence about our sweet home of a planet that must be saved from destruction at all costs.
Ekaterina Radkevich, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, is one of the most distinguished geologists whose works are well known in her own country and in many other parts of the world. The overwhelming success of her publications is chiefly due to her indefatigable practical activity in the USSR and elsewhere and her unflagging interest in theoretical research which she has been conducting for quite some time at the Institute of Geological Studies in the Far East (Viadivostok).
Note: This book was the last remaining volume in the Science for Everyone Series! This completes volume the SFE series in English.
Many, many thanks to Hassaan Ali who purchased and posted this book to us to complete this series. Much appreciated help!
You can get the book here and here
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Contents
How I Became a Geologist (In Lieu of a Preface) 7Part I. The Earth in the Universe 20
Chapter 1. The Earth as a Cosmic Body 20
Chapter 2. The Planet Earth 29
Chapter 3. The Deep-seated Structure of the Earth 38
Chapter 4. The Development of Views on the Origin of Earth and Other Planets of the Solar System 47
Part II. The History of the Development of the Earth 58
Chapter 5. The Dawn 58
Chapter 6. Life: The Earth’s Chronicle 70
Part III. Geology Everywhere 100
Chapter 7. The Work of the Wind 102
Chapter 8. The Role of Water in the Transformation of Our Planet 113
Chapter 9. The Activity of Subterranean Forces 127
Part IV. The Composition of the Earth’s Crust 147
Chapter 10. Sedimentary Rocks 147
Chapter 11. Magmatic (Igneous) Rocks 159
Chapter 12. Metamorphic Rocks 185
Part V. The Movements of the Earth’s Crust 202
Chapter 13. Mountains: Old and Young 203
Chapter 14. The Deformation of Rocks 208
Chapter 15. Fixism vs. Mobilism 216
Part VI. Mineral Resources 236
Chapter 16. The Mineral Kingdom 236
Chapter 17. Mineral Raw Materials and Technical Progress 258
Chapter 18. The Future of Mineral Raw Resources 280
Chapter 19. How Ores Are Formed 286
Chapter 20. The Science of Metallogeny 308
Chapter 21. In Quest of Ores 328
Chapter 22. At the Metallogenic Map of the Pacific Belt 338
Chapter 23. Mineral Resources of the Seas and the Underwater Storerooms of Mineral Raw Materials 349
Chapter 24. Save Our Earth! 361
To End on a Poetic Note 367
#earthHistory #earthScience #geochemistry #geology #geophysics #historyOfEarth #mineralResources #mining #planetaryScience #plateTectonics #popularScience #rocks #sovietLiterature -
Earth, Sweet Earth ( Science For Everyone) by Ekaterina Radkevich
The book is based on the author’s impressions of her numerous expeditions in the many countries. It is a fascinating narrative rather than a mere record of facts irrespective of how scientifically valid they can be. The book is bound to be appreciated as a piece of absorbing reading by anyone who cares to increase the scope of his or her competence about our sweet home of a planet that must be saved from destruction at all costs.
Ekaterina Radkevich, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, is one of the most distinguished geologists whose works are well known in her own country and in many other parts of the world. The overwhelming success of her publications is chiefly due to her indefatigable practical activity in the USSR and elsewhere and her unflagging interest in theoretical research which she has been conducting for quite some time at the Institute of Geological Studies in the Far East (Viadivostok).
Note: This book was the last remaining volume in the Science for Everyone Series! This completes volume the SFE series in English.
Many, many thanks to Hassaan Ali who purchased and posted this book to us to complete this series. Much appreciated help!
You can get the book here and here
Follow us on
Twitter https://x.com/MirTitles
Mastadon https://mastodon.social/@mirtitles
Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/mirtitles.bsky.social
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Fork us on gitlab https://gitlab.com/mirtitles
Contents
How I Became a Geologist (In Lieu of a Preface) 7Part I. The Earth in the Universe 20
Chapter 1. The Earth as a Cosmic Body 20
Chapter 2. The Planet Earth 29
Chapter 3. The Deep-seated Structure of the Earth 38
Chapter 4. The Development of Views on the Origin of Earth and Other Planets of the Solar System 47
Part II. The History of the Development of the Earth 58
Chapter 5. The Dawn 58
Chapter 6. Life: The Earth’s Chronicle 70
Part III. Geology Everywhere 100
Chapter 7. The Work of the Wind 102
Chapter 8. The Role of Water in the Transformation of Our Planet 113
Chapter 9. The Activity of Subterranean Forces 127
Part IV. The Composition of the Earth’s Crust 147
Chapter 10. Sedimentary Rocks 147
Chapter 11. Magmatic (Igneous) Rocks 159
Chapter 12. Metamorphic Rocks 185
Part V. The Movements of the Earth’s Crust 202
Chapter 13. Mountains: Old and Young 203
Chapter 14. The Deformation of Rocks 208
Chapter 15. Fixism vs. Mobilism 216
Part VI. Mineral Resources 236
Chapter 16. The Mineral Kingdom 236
Chapter 17. Mineral Raw Materials and Technical Progress 258
Chapter 18. The Future of Mineral Raw Resources 280
Chapter 19. How Ores Are Formed 286
Chapter 20. The Science of Metallogeny 308
Chapter 21. In Quest of Ores 328
Chapter 22. At the Metallogenic Map of the Pacific Belt 338
Chapter 23. Mineral Resources of the Seas and the Underwater Storerooms of Mineral Raw Materials 349
Chapter 24. Save Our Earth! 361
To End on a Poetic Note 367
#earthHistory #earthScience #geochemistry #geology #geophysics #historyOfEarth #mineralResources #mining #planetaryScience #plateTectonics #popularScience #rocks #sovietLiterature -
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌍🔀 Two #earthquakes hit northern #Venezuela 39 seconds apart on June 25, 2026 – a magnitude 7.2 foreshock followed by a 7.5 mainshock.
The #USGS classifies this as a “#doublet” – two seismologically distinct quakes from different faults, triggered by stress transfer. Dr. Mark Quigley at the University of #Melbourne explains the rare event along Venezuela’s active plate boundary.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/venezuelas-earthquake-doublet/
#seismology #platetectonics #caribbean #science #geology #earthscience #naturaldisasters #Caracas
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌍🔀 Two #earthquakes hit northern #Venezuela 39 seconds apart on June 25, 2026 – a magnitude 7.2 foreshock followed by a 7.5 mainshock.
The #USGS classifies this as a “#doublet” – two seismologically distinct quakes from different faults, triggered by stress transfer. Dr. Mark Quigley at the University of #Melbourne explains the rare event along Venezuela’s active plate boundary.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/venezuelas-earthquake-doublet/
#seismology #platetectonics #caribbean #science #geology #earthscience #naturaldisasters #Caracas
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌍🔀 Two #earthquakes hit northern #Venezuela 39 seconds apart on June 25, 2026 – a magnitude 7.2 foreshock followed by a 7.5 mainshock.
The #USGS classifies this as a “#doublet” – two seismologically distinct quakes from different faults, triggered by stress transfer. Dr. Mark Quigley at the University of #Melbourne explains the rare event along Venezuela’s active plate boundary.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/venezuelas-earthquake-doublet/
#seismology #platetectonics #caribbean #science #geology #earthscience #naturaldisasters #Caracas
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌍🔀 Two #earthquakes hit northern #Venezuela 39 seconds apart on June 25, 2026 – a magnitude 7.2 foreshock followed by a 7.5 mainshock.
The #USGS classifies this as a “#doublet” – two seismologically distinct quakes from different faults, triggered by stress transfer. Dr. Mark Quigley at the University of #Melbourne explains the rare event along Venezuela’s active plate boundary.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/venezuelas-earthquake-doublet/
#seismology #platetectonics #caribbean #science #geology #earthscience #naturaldisasters #Caracas
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RE: https://biologists.social/@stefanfwirth/116499593874743495
Please read about the #California #Coastal #prairie in the #PointReyes #NationalSeashore and about the distinctive nature of the #geologicalsituation: it's about #platetectonics, #ecology and #biodiversity.
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RE: https://biologists.social/@stefanfwirth/116499593874743495
Please read about the #California #Coastal #prairie in the #PointReyes #NationalSeashore and about the distinctive nature of the #geologicalsituation: it's about #platetectonics, #ecology and #biodiversity.
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Late Miocene Euphrates River Drained Into A Partially Desiccated Eastern Mediterranean
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01962-x <-- shared paper
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[the paleogeographic reconstruction is outstanding, including the strength and information conveyed so well in that figure, kudos!]
H/T @lina Jakaitė-Darkšė
“Although the Euphrates River - stretching ~3,000 km across Western Asia - has shaped the region’s geology for millions of years, the timing of its origin and the evolution of its course remain enigmatic. So far, two contrasting hypotheses have been proposed to explain the fluvial system’s Late Neogene path: termination in Anatolia at a palaeo-lake or the Mediterranean, or a southeastward continuation to Arabia. Here [they] use seismic-reflection and topographic data to show that two previously identified sedimentary accumulations - deposited during the terminal phase of the Late Miocene Messinian salinity crisis - resulted from dual riverine systems that drained into a partially desiccated eastern Mediterranean before avulsing toward the Persian Gulf and converging to form the modern Euphrates River. From probabilistic sediment-budget modelling, [they] show that although the latest Messinian drainage basins were an order of magnitude smaller than their present-day extents, the total palaeo-discharge exceeded that of the modern Tigris, Euphrates and Nile rivers combined, indicating intense palaeo-precipitation and high palaeo-relief. These results suggest that plate-margin deformation both controlled the fluvial avulsions that diverted the Euphrates River from the Anatolian–Eurasian Plate to the Arabian Plate, and established the conditions necessary for the development of the alluvial Fertile Crescent…”
#water #hydrology #hydrography #paleogeography #Euphrates #river #Miocene #reconstruction #spatialreconstruction #geology #change #erosion #MiddleEast #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Neogene #Anatolia #paleolake #Mediterranean #Arabia #Messinian #remotesensing #model #modeling #topography #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphology #PersianGulf #sediment #paleodischarge #volume #Tigris #elevation #platetectonics #structuralgeology #platemargin #fluvial #avulsion #FertileCrescent -
Late Miocene Euphrates River Drained Into A Partially Desiccated Eastern Mediterranean
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01962-x <-- shared paper
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[the paleogeographic reconstruction is outstanding, including the strength and information conveyed so well in that figure, kudos!]
H/T @lina Jakaitė-Darkšė
“Although the Euphrates River - stretching ~3,000 km across Western Asia - has shaped the region’s geology for millions of years, the timing of its origin and the evolution of its course remain enigmatic. So far, two contrasting hypotheses have been proposed to explain the fluvial system’s Late Neogene path: termination in Anatolia at a palaeo-lake or the Mediterranean, or a southeastward continuation to Arabia. Here [they] use seismic-reflection and topographic data to show that two previously identified sedimentary accumulations - deposited during the terminal phase of the Late Miocene Messinian salinity crisis - resulted from dual riverine systems that drained into a partially desiccated eastern Mediterranean before avulsing toward the Persian Gulf and converging to form the modern Euphrates River. From probabilistic sediment-budget modelling, [they] show that although the latest Messinian drainage basins were an order of magnitude smaller than their present-day extents, the total palaeo-discharge exceeded that of the modern Tigris, Euphrates and Nile rivers combined, indicating intense palaeo-precipitation and high palaeo-relief. These results suggest that plate-margin deformation both controlled the fluvial avulsions that diverted the Euphrates River from the Anatolian–Eurasian Plate to the Arabian Plate, and established the conditions necessary for the development of the alluvial Fertile Crescent…”
#water #hydrology #hydrography #paleogeography #Euphrates #river #Miocene #reconstruction #spatialreconstruction #geology #change #erosion #MiddleEast #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Neogene #Anatolia #paleolake #Mediterranean #Arabia #Messinian #remotesensing #model #modeling #topography #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphology #PersianGulf #sediment #paleodischarge #volume #Tigris #elevation #platetectonics #structuralgeology #platemargin #fluvial #avulsion #FertileCrescent -
"Plate Flip" by XKCD comic - An alien walked into a planet and wanted to rearrange the place... https://xkcd.com/3258/ #geology #PlateTectonics #WTF #humor
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"Plate Flip" by XKCD comic - An alien walked into a planet and wanted to rearrange the place... https://xkcd.com/3258/ #geology #PlateTectonics #WTF #humor
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A tectonically driven 60 million-year biogeochemical redox cycle paces marine biodiversity
📊DATASET: bit.ly/3PU93FU
📑ARTICLE in Nature Communications Earth & Environment: bit.ly/43rpwEB
#Biogeochemistry #Geology #Paleobiology #Platetectonics #Earthscience #environmentalscience #opendata #openscience #openresearch
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Influence Of Inherited Rifted Margin Architecture On Continental Collision Dynamics
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012681 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404299243_Influence_of_Inherited_Rifted_Margin_Architecture_on_Continental_Collision_Dynamics <-- shared paper
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#tectonics #geoscience #geology #mountainbuilding #orogeny #subduction #rifting #Alps #Pyrenees #Caucasus #mountains #numericalmodelling #structuralgeology #platetectonics #Europe #Asia #continents #rockmemory #continentalcollision #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #crust #mantle #reconstruction #sediment #erosion #rift #wilsoncycle #accretion #lithosphere -
Influence Of Inherited Rifted Margin Architecture On Continental Collision Dynamics
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012681 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404299243_Influence_of_Inherited_Rifted_Margin_Architecture_on_Continental_Collision_Dynamics <-- shared paper
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#tectonics #geoscience #geology #mountainbuilding #orogeny #subduction #rifting #Alps #Pyrenees #Caucasus #mountains #numericalmodelling #structuralgeology #platetectonics #Europe #Asia #continents #rockmemory #continentalcollision #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #crust #mantle #reconstruction #sediment #erosion #rift #wilsoncycle #accretion #lithosphere -
Paleolatitude [interactive map] - see how the latitude of any location has changed over time - via @Emiliagnathus #latitude #ContinentalDrift #PlateTectonics #mapstodon https://paleolatitude.org//
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Paleolatitude [interactive map] - see how the latitude of any location has changed over time - via @Emiliagnathus #latitude #ContinentalDrift #PlateTectonics #mapstodon https://paleolatitude.org//
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🌍🏘️ #Earth scientists engineered a digital #map that tracks how tectonic plates have shifted over millions of years.
By entering a city or specific coordinates, users can see where that location sat on the #planet during different geological eras. The tool uses decades of collected #data to explain how land masses have drifted and rotated to their current positions.
👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-04-backyard-millions-years.html
#geology #earthscience #platetectonics #geography #maps #science #research #innovation #history #nature #evolution
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🌍🏘️ #Earth scientists engineered a digital #map that tracks how tectonic plates have shifted over millions of years.
By entering a city or specific coordinates, users can see where that location sat on the #planet during different geological eras. The tool uses decades of collected #data to explain how land masses have drifted and rotated to their current positions.
👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-04-backyard-millions-years.html
#geology #earthscience #platetectonics #geography #maps #science #research #innovation #history #nature #evolution
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The Cascadia Subduction Zone Isn’t Shutting Down – But It’s More Complicated Than We Thought
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https://theconversation.com/the-cascadia-subduction-zone-isnt-shutting-down-but-its-more-complicated-than-we-thought-279730 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady8347 <-- shared paper
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#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #Earthquakes #engineeringgeology #geology #risk #hazard #fault #faulting #Vancouver #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Seattle #OlympicPeninsula #PugetSound #WashingtonState #PNW #PacificNorthwest #NorthAmerica #plateboundary #subduction #platetectonics #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #seismicity #seismic #geophysics #offshore #remotesensing #Cascadia #CascadiaSubductionZone #mechanics #lithosphere## -
The Cascadia Subduction Zone Isn’t Shutting Down – But It’s More Complicated Than We Thought
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https://theconversation.com/the-cascadia-subduction-zone-isnt-shutting-down-but-its-more-complicated-than-we-thought-279730 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady8347 <-- shared paper
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#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #Earthquakes #engineeringgeology #geology #risk #hazard #fault #faulting #Vancouver #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Seattle #OlympicPeninsula #PugetSound #WashingtonState #PNW #PacificNorthwest #NorthAmerica #plateboundary #subduction #platetectonics #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #seismicity #seismic #geophysics #offshore #remotesensing #Cascadia #CascadiaSubductionZone #mechanics #lithosphere## -
Subduction Retrieval [XKCD]
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https://xkcd.com/3218/
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“PSA: Please stay out of the Pacific Ocean today. Someone lost their wedding ring in a subduction zone and USGS is pulling the plate back up to retrieve it…
Aww, the oceanic crust and the continental crust are getting married!...”
#PSA #geology #platetectonics #subduction #margins #XKCD #fedservice #publicservice #RingOfFire #weddingring #humor #humour #PacificOcean
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Subduction Retrieval [XKCD]
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https://xkcd.com/3218/
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“PSA: Please stay out of the Pacific Ocean today. Someone lost their wedding ring in a subduction zone and USGS is pulling the plate back up to retrieve it…
Aww, the oceanic crust and the continental crust are getting married!...”
#PSA #geology #platetectonics #subduction #margins #XKCD #fedservice #publicservice #RingOfFire #weddingring #humor #humour #PacificOcean
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The ‘Big One’ just got more complicated
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7107713 #Canada #Earthquake #PlateTectonics
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The ‘Big One’ just got more complicated
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7107713 #Canada #Earthquake #PlateTectonics
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This comprehensive undergraduate textbook Plate Tectonics delivers a contemporary and in-depth exploration of plate tectonics, making it an ideal resource for a capstone geology course.
Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AoBop
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📹 The ever changing Earth
What a fascinating video. While I knew about plate tectonics, I didn’t realize that continental drift was sneezed at even 80 years ago, as late as the 1940s.
https://youtu.be/t1hOdm0RJlY?si=XxKaeJN8qY3KmDAe
How can I see more? How can I experience more of this wonderful place? That’s the mission for 2026.
#1940s #continentalDrift #howtown #plateTectonics #tech #video #youtube -
📹 The ever changing Earth
What a fascinating video. While I knew about plate tectonics, I didn’t realize that continental drift was sneezed at even 80 years ago, as late as the 1940s.
https://youtu.be/t1hOdm0RJlY?si=XxKaeJN8qY3KmDAe
How can I see more? How can I experience more of this wonderful place? That’s the mission for 2026.
#1940s #continentalDrift #howtown #plateTectonics #tech #video #youtube -
The Iberian Peninsula is measurably spinning due to collision of African and Eurasion tectonic plates.
#platetectonics
#Spain
#Portugal https://indiandefencereview.com/scientists-prove-iberian-peninsula-spinning/ -
The Iberian Peninsula is measurably spinning due to collision of African and Eurasion tectonic plates.
#platetectonics
#Spain
#Portugal https://indiandefencereview.com/scientists-prove-iberian-peninsula-spinning/ -
RE: https://mstdn.social/@History_of_Geology/115849149784346182
#Alfred #Wegener (died November 1930 in Greenland) was a #German #geologist, #polarexplorer, and #meteorologist. He is primarily known for his #theory of #continentaldrift, which has significantly influenced modern theories of #platetectonics. Fossil discoveries and similar calving fronts along the west coast of #Africa and the east coast of #SouthAmerica led him to his theory, which is still crucial for understanding the #evolutionaryhistory of life on Earth.
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@History_of_Geology/115849149784346182
#Alfred #Wegener (died November 1930 in Greenland) was a #German #geologist, #polarexplorer, and #meteorologist. He is primarily known for his #theory of #continentaldrift, which has significantly influenced modern theories of #platetectonics. Fossil discoveries and similar calving fronts along the west coast of #Africa and the east coast of #SouthAmerica led him to his theory, which is still crucial for understanding the #evolutionaryhistory of life on Earth.
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Geography in 60 seconds 🌍
#shorts #UPSC #SSC #PSC #Geography #PlateTectonics #Earthquake #GK -
Geography in 60 seconds 🌍
#shorts #UPSC #SSC #PSC #Geography #PlateTectonics #Earthquake #GK -
hard to swallow that all this would have little or no effect on #platetectonics - but, I have been talked down from this mental ledge several times by smarter folks.
real sciencey ones.
geologists, in this case.
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hard to swallow that all this would have little or no effect on #platetectonics - but, I have been talked down from this mental ledge several times by smarter folks.
real sciencey ones.
geologists, in this case.
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Mid-Proterozoic Expansion Of Passive Margins And Reduction In Volcanic Outgassing Supported Marine Oxygenation And Eukaryogenesis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119683 <-- shared paper
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https://zenodo.org/records/17353904 <-- supplementary data
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#proterozoic #platetectonics #tectonics #deepcarboncycle #eukaryogenesis #evolutionoflife #life #evolution #geology #geologichistory #pangea #supercontinent #diversification #volcanic #offgassing #marine #thermodynamics #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #nuna #subduction #structuralgeology #CO2 #carbondioxide #climate #eukaryotic #BoringBillion #rodinia #oceanbasins #marinechemistry #outgassing #global #earth -
Mid-Proterozoic Expansion Of Passive Margins And Reduction In Volcanic Outgassing Supported Marine Oxygenation And Eukaryogenesis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119683 <-- shared paper
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https://zenodo.org/records/17353904 <-- supplementary data
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#proterozoic #platetectonics #tectonics #deepcarboncycle #eukaryogenesis #evolutionoflife #life #evolution #geology #geologichistory #pangea #supercontinent #diversification #volcanic #offgassing #marine #thermodynamics #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #nuna #subduction #structuralgeology #CO2 #carbondioxide #climate #eukaryotic #BoringBillion #rodinia #oceanbasins #marinechemistry #outgassing #global #earth -
The Origin Of Continents And Ocean Basins by M. V. Muratov
Professor Mikhail Muratov, P.Sc., Corr. Mem. USSR Acad. Sci., is Head of the Chair of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Moscow Institute of Geological Prospecting. He is the winner of State and Lenin Prizes.
This book deals with the origin, structure, and tectonic behavior of the earth’s crust beneath continents and oceans and describes principal stages of the earth’s geologic history. The author attaches much importance to geosynclinal cycles and their role in continental crust build-up and discusses intriguing hypotheses explaining the present day face of our planet.
Translated from the Russian by V. Agranat
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Bluesky: mirtitles.bsky.socialPreface
Chapter I. Structure and Age of the Earth’s Crust
Face of the Earth (9)
Continental and Oceanic Crust of the Earth (12)
Age of the Earth’s Crust (17)Chapter II. Continental Crust
Inhomogeneity of the Structure (24)
Unconformities and Their Significance (30)
Evolution of Fold Areas and Formation of Platform Basement (33)Chapter III. The Basic Component Parts of the Continents: Ancient Platforms and Fold Belts
The Importance of Ancient and Young Platforms in the Structure of Continents (36)
A Brief Outline of the Structure of Continents (36)
Constituent Elements of Ancient Platforms (40)
Fold Belts (41)Chapter IV. The Structure and History of Geosynclinal Fold Areas
The Study of Geosynclines (48)
The Structure of Geosynclinal Fold Areas (50)
An Outline History of Geosynclinal Areas (52)
Main Stage (52)
Orogenic Stage (59)
Formations of Sedimentary and Volcanic Series of Geosynclinal Areas (61)
Differences in Ages of Geosynclinal Areas and in Formations of Troughs (69)
The Role of Intrusive Complexes in the Geosynclinal Cycle (73)
Geosynclinal Areas: Proliferous Sources of Valuable Minerals (79)
Two Principal Types of Geosynclinal Areas and Their Role in the Build-up of the Granitic-Metamorphic Layer of the Earth’s Crust (85)Chapter V. Structure and History of the Basement of Ancient Platforms
Major Structural Units (87)
The Structure of Archean Massifs (88)
Proterozoic Fold Areas (90)
The Protosedimentary Cover of Ancient Platforms (94)
Outline History of the Basement of Ancient Platforms (95)
The Basement of Ancient Platforms: Mineral Resources (98)Chapter VI. History of Fold Belts and Formation of the Basement of Young Platforms
Generation of the Riphean Basement of Major and Minor Belts (100)
Formation of the Paleozoic Basement of the Ural-Mongolia, Atlantic, and Arctic Belts (103)
History of the Mediterranean Fold Belt (106)
Inland Sea Basins and the Indonesia Area (108)
History of the Circum-Pacific Belt (112)
Formation of Granitic and Metamorphic Rocks of the Basement Within Fold Belts (124)Chapter VII. Evolution of Ancient and Young Platforms
Basic Stages (127)
The Origin of Platform-Type Depressions (130)
Principal Valuable Minerals of the Sedimentary Cover of Platforms (132)
Volcanic Belts and Epiplatform Orogenesis (132)
Valuable Minerals in the Activated Areas of Platforms (134)Chapter VIII. The Topography and Tectonics of the Ocean Floor
Principal Topographic Features and the Physiography (136)
Principal Tectonic Features of the Ocean Floor (140)
Pacific Ocean (140)
Indian Ocean (143)
Atlantic Ocean (144)
Arctic Ocean (147)Chapter IX. The Origin of Ocean Basins in the Light of Geologic Evidence
The Physiography of the Pacific Bed and Its Probable Origin (149)
The Physiography of the Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Beds and Their Origin (154)
Hypotheses Explaining the Conversion of Crustal Material Beneath the Ocean Floor (157)
Mobilistic Hypotheses Involving Continental Displacement (158)
Expanding Earth Hypothesis (165)
The Probable Age and the Mode of Formation of Ocean Basins (167)Chapter X. Major Historical Events and the Stages of Formation of the Earth’s Crust
The Early Existence of the Earth Before Crust Formation (170)
The Basaltic Crust Before Hydrosphere Formation (170)
The Formation of the Granitic-Metamorphic Crust of Ancient Platforms (173)
The Consolidation of the Basement of Young Platforms (175)
The Latest Stage in the Development of the Earth’s Crust (177)
The General Trend in the Development of the Earth’s Crust (179)Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index#1977 #geography #geologicalCycles #mirPublishers #oceanFloors #oceans #plateTectonics #sovietLiterature
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Earth’s 8th Continent Buried Under The Pacific Finally Mapped By Scientists [Zealandia / Te Riu-a-Māui - “Finally”? ~wink~]
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https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/earth-8th-continent-finally-mapped/ <-- shared (somewhat) technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007961 <-- shared 2023 paper
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https://youtu.be/DDbc4K7bgnA?si=EZFmmPFybPLLyND7 <-- shared animation
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"KEY POINTS
• Basalts and pebbly to cobbly sandstones have been dredged from the Fairway Ridge, Coral Sea
• Dating of the rocks and interpretation of magnetic anomalies allow mapping of major geological units across North Zealandia
• This work completes offshore reconnaissance geological mapping of the entire 5 million square km Zealandia continent…”
#geology #doggerland #Zealandia #TeRiuaMaui #godwana #godwanaland #cretaceous #mapping #geologicmapping #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #NewZealand #SouthPacific #continent #sampling #sediment #dredging #petrography #geochemistry #isotope #analyses #research #cenozoic #intraplate #platetectonics #tectonics #eocene #remotesensing #geophysics #geomagnetism -
Earth’s 8th Continent Buried Under The Pacific Finally Mapped By Scientists [Zealandia / Te Riu-a-Māui - “Finally”? ~wink~]
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https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/earth-8th-continent-finally-mapped/ <-- shared (somewhat) technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007961 <-- shared 2023 paper
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https://youtu.be/DDbc4K7bgnA?si=EZFmmPFybPLLyND7 <-- shared animation
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"KEY POINTS
• Basalts and pebbly to cobbly sandstones have been dredged from the Fairway Ridge, Coral Sea
• Dating of the rocks and interpretation of magnetic anomalies allow mapping of major geological units across North Zealandia
• This work completes offshore reconnaissance geological mapping of the entire 5 million square km Zealandia continent…”
#geology #doggerland #Zealandia #TeRiuaMaui #godwana #godwanaland #cretaceous #mapping #geologicmapping #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #NewZealand #SouthPacific #continent #sampling #sediment #dredging #petrography #geochemistry #isotope #analyses #research #cenozoic #intraplate #platetectonics #tectonics #eocene #remotesensing #geophysics #geomagnetism -
Terrestrial Oceans And Lunar Maria by G.F. Makarenko
About the Book
Both the Earth and the Moon have been repeatedly involved in episodes of volcanic activity induced by the heating of the interior of the two planets. Before the onset of each epoch of outpourings of lava that filled volcanic seas, arcuate and ring-shaped mountain chains encircled these seas in different regions of the planets.The Moon is a “simplified model” of the Earth. Reviewing the structures of the Earth and the Moon simultaneously, we shall better understand the origins and compositions of the mountain ranges of the Pacific coast and see why the Atlantic-type oceans are not surrounded by mountains, and what is common in the structure of the volcanic floor of terrestrial oceans and lunar maria.
The book is intended for a wide circle of geologists, geographers, and astronomers and will also be of interest to those who are specializing in the geology of the Earth and the Moon.
About the Author
Galina Makarenko graduated from the Moscow Geological Exploration Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidse as an engineer-geologist. She is currently a member of the geological faculty at Moscow State University, where she conducts scientific research in the areas of geotectonics and volcanism. In addition to her research, she teaches general geology and trains both students and post-graduate students.
For many years, Makarenko participated in scientific expeditions in regions of ancient volcanism, with her candidate thesis dedicated to the geology of these areas. Her expeditions to Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands focused on comparing ancient volcanoes with active ones. Her doctoral thesis is centered on the extensive sheets of volcanic rocks found on the Earth’s continents and oceans.She has published three monographs and numerous articles. Today, the author is actively engaged in collecting new data in the field of comparative planetology.
Translated from the Russian by
V.F. AGRANAT and V.F. POMINOV
You can get the book here and here.
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Bluesky: mirtitles.bsky.socialIntroduction 7
Earth: A Planet in a Basaltic Shell 11
A View of the Earth from Space 11
Mountains and Plains of Terrestrial Continents and Oceans 14
Volcanic Seas of Terrestrial Continents 22
Magma Melts Solidified at Depth 35
Basaltic Seas on Terrestrial Ocean Floors 40
Volcanic Rises on the Basaltic Ocean Floor 49
What Is Concealed by Lavas Lying on the Ocean Floor? 52The Age of Terrestrial Basalts and Their Relationships with Different Structures 58
The Age of Trap Seas on the Continents 58
The Age of Volcanic Seas on the Ocean Floor 63
Volcanic Seas of Continents and Geosynclines 70
Volcanic Seas on the Ocean Floors and Island Arcs 81
Are Continental Basalts Similar to Oceanic Basalts on Earth? 88Lava Maria on the Waterless Moon 93
The Distribution of Volcanic Maria 93
The Age of Lunar Basaltic Maria 102
Ridges and Grooves on the Floor of Lunar Maria 115
How Lunar Maria Were Formed? 120Volcanic Maria of Planets Behind Arcuate Mountains 123
Volcanic Seas of the Earth and the Moon Have Similar Constitution 123
The Structures of the Earth and the Moon Are Symmetrical Relative to Their Axes of Rotation 131
Arcs and Rings of the Earth’s Oldest Mountains 135
The Centrifugal Wave in the Development of Mountain Arcs 147
The Moon Is a Simplified Model of the Earth 154#earth #geology #lava #lavaFlow #moon #mountains #oceanFloors #plateTectonics #rocks #seas #sovietLiterature #valleys #volcanicSeas
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The early ideas about plate tectonics were still quite controversial & unpopular. Heezen dismissed this as “girl talk” - though really a vital piece of #PlateTectonics puzzle.
Tharp believed rift was real though she hadn’t convinced Heezen. In 1952, they began working on physiographic maps, which really gave a sense of the geology, & were not US Navy classified, so they could publish. A 2nd project involved plotting earthquakes, & Heezen insisted they work at same scale. 🧵3/n -
The early ideas about plate tectonics were still quite controversial & unpopular. Heezen dismissed this as “girl talk” - though really a vital piece of #PlateTectonics puzzle.
Tharp believed rift was real though she hadn’t convinced Heezen. In 1952, they began working on physiographic maps, which really gave a sense of the geology, & were not US Navy classified, so they could publish. A 2nd project involved plotting earthquakes, & Heezen insisted they work at same scale. 🧵3/n -
PLEASE NOTE: This only includes the ebook Plate Tectonics in PDF :)
Download Fossen's textbook now! 👉 https://lttr.ai/AirGg
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Plate Tectonics
Haakon Fossen, Christian Teyssier
Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Print ISBN: 978-1108476232, 1108476236
eText ISBN: 978-1108750738, 978-1108615808, 1108615805, 1108750737
Copyright: 2026
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Heezen dismissed this as “girl talk” - though really a vital piece of #PlateTectonics puzzle.
Tharp believed rift was real though she hadn’t convinced Heezen. In 1952, they began working on physiographic maps, which really gave a sense of the geology, & were not US Navy classified, so they could publish. A 2nd project involved plotting earthquakes, & Heezen insisted they work at same scale. Heezen noticed that ocean earthquake epicentre data also formed long lines - 🧵
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Heezen dismissed this as “girl talk” - though really a vital piece of #PlateTectonics puzzle.
Tharp believed rift was real though she hadn’t convinced Heezen. In 1952, they began working on physiographic maps, which really gave a sense of the geology, & were not US Navy classified, so they could publish. A 2nd project involved plotting earthquakes, & Heezen insisted they work at same scale. Heezen noticed that ocean earthquake epicentre data also formed long lines - 🧵