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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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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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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 -
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 -
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.
Twitter: @MirTitles
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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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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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Scientists Unveil Mysterious Origins Of Earth’s Largest Igneous Rocks
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https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-unveil-mysterious-origins-of-earths-largest-igneous-rocks/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adn3976 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geology #structuralgeology #earth #global #igneous #vulcanism #massif #anorthosite #origin #formation #morphology #platetectonics #subduction #crust #mantle #Grenvilleorogen #orogeny #geochemistry #mineralogy #magma #oceaniccrust #model #modeling #petrogensis -
Earth's Billion-Year Balancing Act
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https://phys.org/news/2024-02-earth-billion-year.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1130/GSATG423C.1 <-- shared paper
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#geology #geologichistory #BoringBillion #BalancedBillion #earth #earthhistory #life #lifeonearth #atmosphere #oxygenation #structuralgeology #tectonics #complexlife #eukaryote #platetectonics #crust #mantle #core -
Earth Only Has Six Continents, Not Seven, As We've All Been Taught [well, seven/eight with Zealandia!]
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https://www.earth.com/news/claim-earth-has-six-continents-not-seven-north-america-europe-connected/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.05.001 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #earth #continents #geography #tectonics #platetectonics #NorthAmerica #Eurasia #volcanic #vulcanism #iceland #greenland #midatlanticridge #tectonicboundary #GreenlandIcelandFaroesRidge #ROMP #geologichistory -
Earth Only Has Six Continents, Not Seven, As We've All Been Taught [well, seven/eight with Zealandia!]
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https://www.earth.com/news/claim-earth-has-six-continents-not-seven-north-america-europe-connected/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.05.001 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #earth #continents #geography #tectonics #platetectonics #NorthAmerica #Eurasia #volcanic #vulcanism #iceland #greenland #midatlanticridge #tectonicboundary #GreenlandIcelandFaroesRidge #ROMP #geologichistory -
Earth Only Has Six Continents, Not Seven, As We've All Been Taught [well, seven/eight with Zealandia!]
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https://www.earth.com/news/claim-earth-has-six-continents-not-seven-north-america-europe-connected/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.05.001 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #earth #continents #geography #tectonics #platetectonics #NorthAmerica #Eurasia #volcanic #vulcanism #iceland #greenland #midatlanticridge #tectonicboundary #GreenlandIcelandFaroesRidge #ROMP #geologichistory -
Earth Only Has Six Continents, Not Seven, As We've All Been Taught [well, seven/eight with Zealandia!]
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https://www.earth.com/news/claim-earth-has-six-continents-not-seven-north-america-europe-connected/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.05.001 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #earth #continents #geography #tectonics #platetectonics #NorthAmerica #Eurasia #volcanic #vulcanism #iceland #greenland #midatlanticridge #tectonicboundary #GreenlandIcelandFaroesRidge #ROMP #geologichistory -
Earth Only Has Six Continents, Not Seven, As We've All Been Taught [well, seven/eight with Zealandia!]
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https://www.earth.com/news/claim-earth-has-six-continents-not-seven-north-america-europe-connected/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.05.001 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #earth #continents #geography #tectonics #platetectonics #NorthAmerica #Eurasia #volcanic #vulcanism #iceland #greenland #midatlanticridge #tectonicboundary #GreenlandIcelandFaroesRidge #ROMP #geologichistory -
New Maps Of Global Geological Provinces And Tectonic Plate
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104069 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #tectonicplate #tectonicprovince #orogenicsystem #orogeny #geodynamics #spatialanalysis #geology #structuralgeology #tectonics #platetectonics #global #earth #opendata #spatialdata #GPS #earthquakes #volcanoes #topography #elevation #model #modeling #crust #mantle #geoscience #lithosphere #faults #faulting #geochronology #deformationzones #GitHub -
The ground we live on is the top of a moving rock area that is really hot. The ground we live on is broken up into little rocks. Sometimes the little rocks move on top of each other. This makes the rocks get really tall. Sometimes one goes under the other one. The under rock gets really hot and becomes the moving rock under the ground. The moving rock under us sometimes comes up through the ground making new hot rock. [J. G.]
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Did you know that floors can move and dance? You can see it if you give it a chance. There are three ways the floor can move. The first is when two floors move close together. The second way the floor can move is when one floor is moving left and the other floor is moving right. This little dance can make points with hot red coming out. The final move a floor can do is rub close and shake, making a little dance for me, and you! [C.M.]
#plateTectonics #upgoer5 #McGillUniversity #simpleWords