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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1211673/ Africa’s Turkana Rift has entered a critical stage of continental breakup #ContinentalBreakup #ContinentalRifting #CrustalNecking #EastAfricanRiftSystem #FossilPreservation #GreenGoodNews #HomininFossils #HumanEvolution #KenyaGeology #LakeTurkana #lithosphere #NewDiscoveries #Paleoanthropology #PlateTectonics #Research #Science #TectonicPlates #TurkanaRift #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/695544/ Mercury’s cratered surface has been hiding evidence of a much smaller planet #BELA #BepiColombo #Éire #GakuNishiyama #IE #ImpactCraters #Ireland #LobateScarps #Mercury #MercuryCore #MercuryShrinking #MESSENGER #PlanetaryContraction #PlanetaryGeology #PlateTectonics #Research #Science #Space #SurfaceRoughness #WrinkleRidges
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/432760/ Africa’s Turkana Rift has entered a critical stage of continental breakup #ContinentalBreakup #ContinentalRifting #CrustalNecking #EastAfricanRiftSystem #Ethiopia #FossilPreservation #GreenGoodNews #HomininFossils #HumanEvolution #KenyaGeology #LakeTurkana #lithosphere #NewDiscoveries #paleoanthropology #PlateTectonics #research #science #TectonicPlates #TurkanaRift
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Scientists find evidence for an ancient supercontinent that covered 80 percent of Earth’s surface
A new global isotopic map has revealed vast fragments of ancient Gondwanan crust buried ben…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #ancientcontinents #AU #Australia #Cambrian #Cambrianexplosion #continentalcrust #earthhistory #Ediacaran #Geology #Gondwana #GreaterGondwana #neodymiumisotopes #NewDiscoveries #platetectonics #research #Sm-Ndisotopes #supercontinent #volcanicarcs
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Scientists find evidence for an ancient supercontinent that covered 80 percent of Earth’s surface
A new global isotopic map has revealed vast fragments of ancient Gondwanan crust buried ben…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #ancientcontinents #AU #Australia #Cambrian #Cambrianexplosion #continentalcrust #earthhistory #Ediacaran #Geology #Gondwana #GreaterGondwana #neodymiumisotopes #NewDiscoveries #platetectonics #research #Sm-Ndisotopes #supercontinent #volcanicarcs
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/687305/ Scientists find evidence for an ancient supercontinent that covered 80 percent of Earth’s surface #AncientContinents #Cambrian #CambrianExplosion #ContinentalCrust #EarthHistory #Ediacaran #Éire #Geology #Gondwana #GreaterGondwana #IE #Ireland #NeodymiumIsotopes #NewDiscoveries #PlateTectonics #Research #Science #SmNdIsotopes #supercontinent #VolcanicArcs
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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
@USGS -
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
@USGS -
Global Seafloor Massive Sulfide Prospective Regions [USGS]
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6a177e3cb66b01c329eab8e7 <-- shared USGS publication
--
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor_massive_sulfide_deposits <-- shared wiki page for SMSes
--
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
@USGS -
Global Seafloor Massive Sulfide Prospective Regions [USGS]
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6a177e3cb66b01c329eab8e7 <-- shared USGS publication
--
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
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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
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/117944/ Tectonics and Deglaciation Govern Eastern-Southern Alps at Slow Rates #Alps #EarthScience #earthquakes #faults #PlateTectonics #seismology #Tectonics
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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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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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💁🏻♀️ 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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💁🏻♀️ 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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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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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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💁🏻♀️ 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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💁🏻♀️ 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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https://www.europesays.com/ie/562603/ Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable #Éire #IE #insight #Ireland #Magma #Mars #MartianSurface #PlateTectonics #Science #Space #TheUniversityOfOxford
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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!
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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 -
💁🏻♀️ 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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💁🏻♀️ 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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💁🏻♀️ 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
-
💁🏻♀️ 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.
Text #StefanFWirth -
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.
Text #StefanFWirth -
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.
Text #StefanFWirth -
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.
Text #StefanFWirth -
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.
Text #StefanFWirth -
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
--
[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
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01962-x <-- shared paper
--
[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
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01962-x <-- shared paper
--
[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
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01962-x <-- shared paper
--
[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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"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