#platetectonics — Public Fediverse posts
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Global Seafloor Massive Sulfide Prospective Regions [USGS]
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6a177e3cb66b01c329eab8e7 <-- shared USGS publication
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor_massive_sulfide_deposits <-- shared wiki page for SMSes
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H/T @Maria Figueroa | Research Geologist at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
“[The H/T is] excited to share [their] new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release - a global prospective map for seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) 🌊🌋🌍
The dataset provides a global spatial framework for understanding where geological and oceanographic conditions are favorable for SMS formation…”
#MarineMinerals #MineralResources #USGS #blacksmoker #blacksmokerdeposits #Oasisoflife #hydrothermalvents #ecosystem #GIS #spatial #mapping #seafloormassivesulfides #SMS #sulfides #resources #hydrothermal #vulcanism #mining #ocean #oceanfloor #USGS #resources #opendata #geology #oceanography #marinegeology #global #platetectonics #islandarc #midoceanridge #volcanogenic #submarinevolcano #deepseamining #lithosphere #magma #economicextraction #sulfideooze @Nautilus #Solwara1
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Global Seafloor Massive Sulfide Prospective Regions [USGS]
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6a177e3cb66b01c329eab8e7 <-- shared USGS publication
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor_massive_sulfide_deposits <-- shared wiki page for SMSes
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H/T @Maria Figueroa | Research Geologist at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
“[The H/T is] excited to share [their] new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release - a global prospective map for seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) 🌊🌋🌍
The dataset provides a global spatial framework for understanding where geological and oceanographic conditions are favorable for SMS formation…”
#MarineMinerals #MineralResources #USGS #blacksmoker #blacksmokerdeposits #Oasisoflife #hydrothermalvents #ecosystem #GIS #spatial #mapping #seafloormassivesulfides #SMS #sulfides #resources #hydrothermal #vulcanism #mining #ocean #oceanfloor #USGS #resources #opendata #geology #oceanography #marinegeology #global #platetectonics #islandarc #midoceanridge #volcanogenic #submarinevolcano #deepseamining #lithosphere #magma #economicextraction #sulfideooze @Nautilus #Solwara1
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Global Seafloor Massive Sulfide Prospective Regions [USGS]
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6a177e3cb66b01c329eab8e7 <-- shared USGS publication
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor_massive_sulfide_deposits <-- shared wiki page for SMSes
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H/T @Maria Figueroa | Research Geologist at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
“[The H/T is] excited to share [their] new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release - a global prospective map for seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) 🌊🌋🌍
The dataset provides a global spatial framework for understanding where geological and oceanographic conditions are favorable for SMS formation…”
#MarineMinerals #MineralResources #USGS #blacksmoker #blacksmokerdeposits #Oasisoflife #hydrothermalvents #ecosystem #GIS #spatial #mapping #seafloormassivesulfides #SMS #sulfides #resources #hydrothermal #vulcanism #mining #ocean #oceanfloor #USGS #resources #opendata #geology #oceanography #marinegeology #global #platetectonics #islandarc #midoceanridge #volcanogenic #submarinevolcano #deepseamining #lithosphere #magma #economicextraction #sulfideooze @Nautilus #Solwara1
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Global Seafloor Massive Sulfide Prospective Regions [USGS]
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6a177e3cb66b01c329eab8e7 <-- shared USGS publication
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor_massive_sulfide_deposits <-- shared wiki page for SMSes
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H/T @Maria Figueroa | Research Geologist at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
“[The H/T is] excited to share [their] new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release - a global prospective map for seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) 🌊🌋🌍
The dataset provides a global spatial framework for understanding where geological and oceanographic conditions are favorable for SMS formation…”
#MarineMinerals #MineralResources #USGS #blacksmoker #blacksmokerdeposits #Oasisoflife #hydrothermalvents #ecosystem #GIS #spatial #mapping #seafloormassivesulfides #SMS #sulfides #resources #hydrothermal #vulcanism #mining #ocean #oceanfloor #USGS #resources #opendata #geology #oceanography #marinegeology #global #platetectonics #islandarc #midoceanridge #volcanogenic #submarinevolcano #deepseamining #lithosphere #magma #economicextraction #sulfideooze @Nautilus #Solwara1
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Global Seafloor Massive Sulfide Prospective Regions [USGS]
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6a177e3cb66b01c329eab8e7 <-- shared USGS publication
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor_massive_sulfide_deposits <-- shared wiki page for SMSes
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H/T @Maria Figueroa | Research Geologist at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
“[The H/T is] excited to share [their] new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release - a global prospective map for seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) 🌊🌋🌍
The dataset provides a global spatial framework for understanding where geological and oceanographic conditions are favorable for SMS formation…”
#MarineMinerals #MineralResources #USGS #blacksmoker #blacksmokerdeposits #Oasisoflife #hydrothermalvents #ecosystem #GIS #spatial #mapping #seafloormassivesulfides #SMS #sulfides #resources #hydrothermal #vulcanism #mining #ocean #oceanfloor #USGS #resources #opendata #geology #oceanography #marinegeology #global #platetectonics #islandarc #midoceanridge #volcanogenic #submarinevolcano #deepseamining #lithosphere #magma #economicextraction #sulfideooze @Nautilus #Solwara1
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Scientists Say They Can Now Pinpoint Where Big Quakes Might Hit
Earthquakes may strike without warning, but the ground beneath us is rarely completely still. Current systems can measure…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #earthquake #Platetectonics
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/842031/ -
Scientists Say They Can Now Pinpoint Where Big Quakes Might Hit
Earthquakes may strike without warning, but the ground beneath us is rarely completely still. Current systems can measure…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #earthquake #Platetectonics
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/842031/ -
💁🏻♀️ 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’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 -
These Revolutionary Maps Are Revealing Earth’s Geological Secrets
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https://www.zmescience.com/science/tectonic-model-beatiful-new/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104069 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #tomography #geology #remotesensing #structuralgeology #plates #platetectonics #earth #global #model #modeling #opendata #opensource #spatialdata #vector #platemodel #mechanics #GPS #earthquakes #volcanoes #topography #orogeny #tectonics #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #Pangea #Gondwana #Gondwanaland #ReuniteGondwanaland #Laurasia #lithosphere #crust #mantle #core #geophysics #geochemistry #geochronology #dating #Mesoproterozoic -
Himalayas Formation May Have Destroyed At Least 30% Of Continental Crust In Collision Zone
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-himalayas-formation-destroyed-continental-crust.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119070 <-- shared paper
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#geology #structuralgeology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #geochemistry #mountainbuilding #orogeny #Himalayas #continentalcrust #platetectonics #continents #EuropeanAlps #ZagrosMountains #mantle #subsumed #deformation #erosion #thickening #extrusion #massbalance #calculations #delamination #topography #lithosphere -
Himalayas Formation May Have Destroyed At Least 30% Of Continental Crust In Collision Zone
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-himalayas-formation-destroyed-continental-crust.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119070 <-- shared paper
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#geology #structuralgeology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #geochemistry #mountainbuilding #orogeny #Himalayas #continentalcrust #platetectonics #continents #EuropeanAlps #ZagrosMountains #mantle #subsumed #deformation #erosion #thickening #extrusion #massbalance #calculations #delamination #topography #lithosphere -
Himalayas Formation May Have Destroyed At Least 30% Of Continental Crust In Collision Zone
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-himalayas-formation-destroyed-continental-crust.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119070 <-- shared paper
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#geology #structuralgeology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #geochemistry #mountainbuilding #orogeny #Himalayas #continentalcrust #platetectonics #continents #EuropeanAlps #ZagrosMountains #mantle #subsumed #deformation #erosion #thickening #extrusion #massbalance #calculations #delamination #topography #lithosphere -
Himalayas Formation May Have Destroyed At Least 30% Of Continental Crust In Collision Zone
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-himalayas-formation-destroyed-continental-crust.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119070 <-- shared paper
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#geology #structuralgeology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #geochemistry #mountainbuilding #orogeny #Himalayas #continentalcrust #platetectonics #continents #EuropeanAlps #ZagrosMountains #mantle #subsumed #deformation #erosion #thickening #extrusion #massbalance #calculations #delamination #topography #lithosphere -
Himalayas Formation May Have Destroyed At Least 30% Of Continental Crust In Collision Zone
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-himalayas-formation-destroyed-continental-crust.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119070 <-- shared paper
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#geology #structuralgeology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #geochemistry #mountainbuilding #orogeny #Himalayas #continentalcrust #platetectonics #continents #EuropeanAlps #ZagrosMountains #mantle #subsumed #deformation #erosion #thickening #extrusion #massbalance #calculations #delamination #topography #lithosphere -
Mantle Convection Linked To Seaway Closure That Transformed Earth's Oceanographic Circulation Patterns
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https://phys.org/news/2024-03-mantle-convection-linked-seaway-closure.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118615 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #paleogeography #paleoclimatology #tethys #geology #structuralgeology #ContinentalDrift #platetectonics #oceancirculation #climate #Paleogene #Cenozoic #arctic #neotethys #WestSiberianSeaway #bathymetry #paleobathymetry #mantle #plates #topography #paleoenvironment #DEMs #geophysics #seismology #Eocene #convection #seaway #oceangraphy #circulation #marine -
The NSRS Horizontal Datums Will Be Tectonic Plate Based! | Changes To The Vertical Datums
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https://geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/index.shtml <-- details of the new NSRS datums, etc at the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) website
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #coordinates #coordinatesystems #NationalGeodeticSurvey #NGS #datums #verticaldatum #NorthAmerica #horizontaldatum #NSRS #geology #NorthAmericanPlate #CaribbeanPlate #tectonics #platetectonics #movement #GPS #GNSS #geomorphometry #NAVD88 #NAD83 #accuracy #precision -
How The Indian Ocean Geoid Low Was Formed
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102694 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #gravity #geoid #geodesy #IndianOcean #formation #IOGL #model #modeling #geophysics #structuralgeology #crustal #mantle #convection #Tethyan #sea #ocean #subsidence #anomaly #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #tomography #density #rock #geology #tectonics #platetectonics -
Wilson Cycle Phase 3: Ocean Closing
“I enjoy, and have always enjoyed, disturbing scientists.”
~ John Tuzo Wilson
“From great oceans, giant mountains will form. This is the prediction of the third phase of the Wilson Cycle where we see the closure of the vast oceans like the Iapetus Ocean, and the formation of continent to continent collision mountains.”
~ Professor Dougal Jerrom, intro to Wilson Cycle Phase 3: Ocean Closing video linked below
In the 24 minute video below (a great watch), we continue our travels with Professor Dougal Jerrom of Oslo University, to look at evidence of the closing of the former Iapetus Sea in the Caledonian of Norway. The video starts with a nice recap of the other videos.
Whenever there is an ocean closure, geoscientists always look for ophiolite. Ophiolites in the geologic record provide evidence of subduction zone tectonics. We have already seen the pillow basalts, sheeted dikes (gabbros) and peridotites that form ocean crust in earlier videos in this series. An ophiolite is then a bit of oceanic crust that got swept up in the continental collisions and provides the first proof of an ocean closure.
Next we learn about melange - the sediments that were scraped up during subduction, also known as an accretionary wedge. There are also remnants of the island arc formed during subdution all accreted between the bits of continental crustal blocks that eventually collided.
Enjoy the video below where you see glimpses of the geology of the beautiful Norwegian Caledonian.
Wilson Cycle Phase 3: Ocean Closing: https://youtu.be/jYlQCbDmEVw
More on the closing of the Iapetus Sea here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_Ocean
Includes Step 5 of the Wilson Cycle: https://c.im/@vickyveritas/10962360456...
Refer to this great labeled diagram of the Wilson Cycle for the components of the ocean closure and continent to continent collision and mountain building: https://c.im/@vickyveritas/109628513962823739
Note: We will see the last steps of the Wilson Cycle, the continent to continent collision and the formation of giant mountain belts, and the great grand finale of this series. Stay tuned.
#JohnTuzoWilson #TheWilsonCycle #Caledonides #IapetusOcean #Norway #PlateTectonics #Ophiolite #AccretionaryWedge #granites #SutureZones #Laurentia #Baltica #geology #ScienceMastodon #NorwegianGeologyRocks @geology