GregCocks · @GregCocks
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Hari Tulsidas :verified: · @haritulsidas
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Plate tectonics, the process that shapes Earth’s surface, was surprisingly speedy in the past, a new study reveals. The study measured the speed of plate movements over the last two billion years and found that they were much faster than today, reaching up to 20 centimeters per year. Plate tectonics may have started earlier than previously thought, and that it may have influenced the evolution of life and climate.

arstechnica.com/science/2023/0

#platetectonics #earthhistory #geodynamics

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IT News · @itnewsbot
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Early plate tectonics was surprisingly speedy - Enlarge / 2.7-billion-year-old basalt lava flows in the Pilbara Craton,... - arstechnica.com/?p=1961150

#zircons #geology #science #pillbara #earthscience #platetectonics #continentaldrift

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Hari Tulsidas :verified: · @haritulsidas
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W. Jason Morgan, the scientist who discovered plate tectonics, died at 87 on July 31, 2023. Plate tectonics is the theory that explains how the Earth’s surface is made of moving plates that cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains. Morgan’s discovery revolutionized geology and helped us understand the history and dynamics of our planet.

washingtonpost.com/obituaries/

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Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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Heezen dismissed this as "girl talk" - though really a vital piece of puzzle.⁠

Tharp believed rift was real though she hadn't convinced Heezen. In 1952, they began working on physiographic maps, which really gave a sense of the geology, & were not US Navy classified, so they could publish. A 2nd project involved plotting earthquakes, & Heezen insisted they work at same scale.

3/n

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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ev_rider_j · @ev_rider_j
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@sweetmonkeyjesus .
Pangaea is mad because nobody listened to her until after the breakup.

#supercontinent #platetectonics

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TPushic · @TPushic
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Wasn’t expecting to follow today but here we are mastodon.social/@gmusser/11064

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rlfswdn · @rlfswdn
16 followers · 654 posts · Server mstdn.science

sciencedaily.com/releases/2023

Researchers unearth the mysteries of how Turkey's East Anatolian fault formed

#geology #platetectonics

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Howard Lee · @hlee
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"it is possible for plate motions to be inconsistent with the forces in some regions... Our code can find these regions or times where the forces are not balanced, and so could help identify potential errors in the models"

earthenvironmentcommunity.natu

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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Howard Lee · @hlee
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A different kind of breakup story - the upper mantle weeps giant tears of rock when subduction ends 😥 stressing everything around it 👇 nature.com/articles/s41561-023

#platetectonics #subduction #lithosphericdrip

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rlfswdn · @rlfswdn
16 followers · 577 posts · Server mstdn.science

Geologists challenge conventional view of Earth's continental history, stability with new study

sciencedaily.com/releases/2023

#geology #earth #platetectonics #geophysics

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Phys.org · @physorg_bot
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Howard Lee · @hlee
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Pure gold documentary shared by @RhoddryIce on Twitter - essential viewing for Earth scientists. I hadn't realized the role sea ice photos played in visualizing . Also excellent in the way the story is told. youtu.be/rY9IL1F9aj8

#platetectonics #scicomm

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