Mantle flow and deformation beneath tectonic plates
Why do seismic images vary beneath different ocean floors?
Seismic anisotropy under an oceanic plate illustrated by Vojta Hýbl
Remarkable Regions – The Réunion Hotspot
Image Credit: modified by Anne Glerum after NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens.
This week we again turn our attention to a Remarkable Region that deserves a spot in the scientific limelight. Postdoctoral researcher Eva Bredow of Kiel University shares with us her long history with Réunion Island. At first glance, Réunion is a relatively small tropical island, located between Madagascar and Mauritius, and from my personal experience, most Germans have never even heard of it. T ...[Read More]