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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (12 August 1898 – 6 August 1976): The polar scientist who was known as the mother of marine geology.

Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (12 August 1898 – 6 August 1976): The polar scientist who was known as the mother of marine geology.

  On the 12th of August 1898, Maria Vasilyevna Klenova was born to a working-class family in Irkutsk1. This city started as a military outpost in 1652, but had become a bustling city around the turn of the 20th century with around half a million inhabitants. In the year Maria was born, Irkutsk became connected …[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#vEGU21 – Session in the Spotlight: Volcano-glacier interactions: Arctic, Antarctic, and globally

#vEGU21 – Session in the Spotlight: Volcano-glacier interactions: Arctic, Antarctic, and globally

The last thing to finish this year is to submit your abstract to vEGU21? And you didn’t decide yet which session would be most appropriate for you? Here is our final session in the spotlight for this year! You are interested in the interaction of volcanoes and glaciers? Then todays session GMPV9.4: “Volcano-glacier interactions: Arctic, …[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#vEGU21 – Session in the Spotlight: The Arctic connection – plate tectonics, mantle dynamics and paleogeography serving paleo-climate models and modern jurisdiction

#vEGU21 – Session in the Spotlight: The Arctic connection – plate tectonics, mantle dynamics and paleogeography serving paleo-climate models and modern jurisdiction

The vEGU21 abstract submission is now open until 13 January 2021!! Here we highlight GMPV sessions to help you navigating your way through the wild jungle of almost 700 available EGU sessions! Today we present you session GD6.2/ GMPV11: “The Arctic connection – plate tectonics, mantle dynamics and paleogeography serving paleo-climate models and modern jurisdiction”. …[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Cryo-massy Films

Cryo-massy Films

There are countless Christmas films, and almost all of them feature some form of snow, ice or cold weather. There are the classics such as Home Alone, Elf and Miracle on 34th Street, and there are the newer, shall we say ‘Netflix’ style, which feature Princes, Knights and Vanessa Hudgens. There’s just no way to …[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Beyond Tectonics: Fishing for Continents in the Furious Fifties and Roaring Forties

Beyond Tectonics: Fishing for Continents in the Furious Fifties and Roaring Forties

This edition of “Beyond Tectonics” is brought to you by Dr. Derya Gürer and Luca Magri. Derya is a Lecturer in Earth Sciences at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Tasmania, and Luca is a PhD student at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia. In early 2020, …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Thinking inside the (sand)box

Thinking inside the (sand)box

Ahhh analogue models… Those beautiful little (or not so little) worlds inside a box, captivatingly beautiful, impossibly detailed… (sorry, getting carried away, am I?). This week, Alex Hughes gives us the insider’s report on what actually goes on in analogue modelling labs when the “Experiment running, do not disturb!!” sign is on the door. Analogue …[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#vEGU21 – Session in the Spotlight: Fluid-rock interaction: Kickstarter of metamorphic, deformation and geo-engineering processes

#vEGU21 – Session in the Spotlight: Fluid-rock interaction: Kickstarter of metamorphic, deformation and geo-engineering processes

The year is finally coming to an end and only some few last things have to be done before going into the well-deserved holidays! One of those things might be to choose an appropriate EGU session for your abstract – and we are happy to help you with your decision! Today in our session in …[Read More]