Divisions

Tectonics and Structural Geology

TS Must-Read – Dewey and Bird (1970) Mountain belts and the new global tectonics

The Must-read team December 7, 2020

Long after the first attempts made by Wegener (1915)⁠, the theory of plate tectonics was progressively accepted by the Earth sciences community in the thrilling ‘60s thanks to observations from mid-ocean ridges (see TS-must-read blogpost of September 2, 2020; Dietz, 1961; Heezen and Tharp, 1965, Hess, 1962; Vine and Matthews, 1963)⁠. The question is then, what goes on at convergent boundaries, whe ...[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#vEGU21 Session in the Spotlight: GMPV2.1

Mike Jollands December 7, 2020

The vEGU21 abstract deadline is approaching as fast as anything happens in 2020 (which is either really fast or really slow, depending on who you are…). Have you chosen a session to submit to? Whatever else happens, we promise this will be the cheapest trip to Vienna you will take all year! Whether you aren’t stressed at all (like a passive margin), or super stressed (like a collision ...[Read More]

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Seismology

Seismology Job Portal

EGU Seismology ECS Team December 4, 2020

On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal. Special Thanks to Eric Löberich for researching job postings for the ECS.

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Cryospheric Sciences

Hysteresis For Dummies – Why history matters

Julius Garbe December 4, 2020

Perhaps you have stumbled upon the word ‘hysteresis’ before, for example in connection with the stability behavior of our Earth’s large ice sheets and their long-term effect on global sea-level rise, or the long-term stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or even in another context outside earth/climate science. Or you might have come across this term during your studies, bu ...[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

GMPV ECS online talks: Tuesday 15 December

Franziska Keller December 4, 2020

The 6th edition of the Geochemistry, Minerology, Petrology and Volcanology division’s early career scientists talks will be on Tuesday 15 December 4pm CET. Our speakers are: Giulia Consuma (PhD candidate @ University of Bologna) – Orogenic garnet peridotite: a window to trace carbon and sulfur mobility in fossil continental collision zones Niamh Faulkner (PhD candidate @ Trinity College Dublin) – ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – The Art Of War

The Sassy Scientist December 4, 2020

It has been a while since Sun has published something. With working conditions improved, moral standards raised, publishing does and don’ts altered, the methods of funding acquisition have changed greatly during his quietude too. All puffed up again to get back in the game, Sun seeks to throw his hat in the ring: How can you make your research sexy more appealing? Dear Sun, Oh my … How ...[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#vEGU21 – Session in the Spotlight: From minerals to the dynamics of Earth’s interior: linking crystal chemistry, rheology and geodynamics across the scales

Franziska Keller December 2, 2020

In only 6 weeks the abstracts for the vEGU21 are already due! As always, the submission deadline is approaching way faster than we probably would like to, so it’s about time to think about a session you would like to submit your abstract to. However, in case you have not yet decided where you want to submit your abstract, we are happy to help! Every week from now on we will highlight some se ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Featured catchment: The Alento Hydrological Observatory in the middle of the Mediterranean Region

EGU Guest blogger December 2, 2020

Importance of investigating water fluxes in Mediterranean catchments MOSAIC (Modeling and Observing a mosaic of processes for Soil and water resources management in the Alento critical zone and Implementing adaptation strategies to climate and land use Changes) is an interdisciplinary research program that was established by the Soil Hydrology Group of University of Naples Federico II (Italy) and ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Across Borders and Sectors

edited by Arushi Saxena and edited by Menno Fraters December 2, 2020

By Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK - Oil PumpUploaded by tm, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27389398

Moving a country for a new job is a big step, but at the same time changing from an industry job to academics is definitely a leap in the unknown. This week Arushi Saxena, currently a post-doc at the University of Florida, writes about her experience taking these two steps at the same time. As geodynamicists, we are well aware that our numerical models are a function of the input parameters. A re ...[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

TS Must-read – Morgan (1968) Rises, Trenches, Great Faults, and Crustal Blocks

The Must-read team December 2, 2020

In his 1968 paper “Rises, Trenches, Great Faults, and Crustal Blocks”, Jason Morgan added the missing pieces of the plate tectonics: the representation of plates’ motion in terms of spherical surface, and plate rigidity. In the very first lines of the paper he describes his contribution as an “extension of the transform fault concept [of Wilson, 1965; see the TS-must-read blogpost of October 15, 2 ...[Read More]