Attention to active volcanoes tends to go down the longer they are active. The only time you hear something about Kilauea for example is when something like a lava lake drains, new lava fountains show up or when a piece of property is destroyed by the ever-present lava flows, which are in itself one of…
CAVEAT: I am not a Geologist, Seismologist, Ornithologist, Hematologist, Banker (I have a soul), Congressman (I knew my parents), Auto Mechanic (well, professionally I’m not) or formally trained in any of this. I am an amateur, just like you. In other words, take it with a grain of salt, I can be wrong. This sort…
This was originally going to be just a post, then I decided to make it into an article. Not so OT… if you can extend your thinking… “Spall are flakes of a material that are broken off a larger solid body and can be produced by a variety of mechanisms, including as a result of…
Palawan Continental Terrane. “Palawan?” According to Google Translate, it means “Sleeper Fish.” Sleeper gobies are members of the Eleotridae fish family, found predominantly in the tropical Indo-Pacific. There are approximately 35 genera and 150 species. Interesting… sort of. The Palawan Continental Terrane is actually a fairly sizable chunk of material that has perplexed a few…
Earthquakes are a release of energy due to rock failing from the amount of stress and strain that are placed on it. This energy is released as a series of waves, or vibratory motion as the energy dissipates away from the source of the quake. Simplifying it a bit, there are S-waves, P-waves, Love Waves,…
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