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Journey of the Indian plate

March 30, 2022
Journey of the Indian plate
From the top of one of the largest monoliths in the Southern Indian craton | PC: Samik Sadhu | https://samiksadhu.weebly.com

Plume craton interaction is a fascinating geological phenomenon. The Indian plate, which has experienced several plume eruptions underneath it, is one of the best locations to study the effect of plume craton interaction. In this week’s news and view, I will provide an overview of the controversy and hypotheses related to the plume craton interaction within the Indian plate since the mid-Cre ...[Read More]

There’s more to Geoscience than just oil and gas

and March 23, 2022
There’s more to Geoscience than just oil and gas
Columnar basalts at Daepo Haean Jusangjeolli Cliff, South Korea.

When most people hear Geology, they might think ‘rocks’, ‘diamonds’ or ‘oil and gas’, and these perceptions of the Geosciences vary from country to country. This week, we have PhD student Ayuni Ina Mohamaad from the University of Florida to tell us more about the Malaysian view of geoscientists. Fresh out of high school in 2009, I was still unclear with how I would like to move forward in life, ca ...[Read More]

Do lower mantle slabs contribute in generating the Indian Ocean geoid low?

and February 23, 2022
Do lower mantle slabs contribute in generating the Indian Ocean geoid low?
Sunset above the stormy Indian ocean | Courtesy: Anupam Samanta | https://sites.google.com/view/anupamsamanta

The Indian Ocean Geoid Low is an enigmatic phenomenon in geodynamics. Many brain-storming hypotheses have been proposed in the last few decades to explain this geoid low. One popular idea argues that the high density lower mantle slabs contribute to this geoid low. Recent discoveries have shown that low-density anomalies from the African LLSVP region could have a more substantial influence on crea ...[Read More]

GeoLchat: el experimento de divulgación científica bilingüe hecho por tres geocientíficas colombianas

and February 16, 2022
GeoLchat: el experimento de divulgación científica bilingüe hecho por tres geocientíficas colombianas

GeoLchat: A Bilingual Science Communication Experiment of Three Colombian Geoscientists Una de las cosas más importantes que se les enseña en la academia a los estudiantes de ciencia alrededor del mundo es aprender a usar el lenguaje científico. Sin embargo, nunca se les enseña a hablar acerca de ciencia en un lenguaje sencillo, y tampoco a comunicar y divulgar sus investigaciones en lenguajes dif ...[Read More]