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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Tectonics and Structural Geology

Features from the field: Boudinage

May 19, 2019
Features from the field: Boudinage
Boudins of amphibolite layers (metamorphosed basalts) that were stretched within quartz schists (Norway). Photo credits © Haakon Fossen.

The Features from the Field series is back! In our previous posts, we have shown how rocks can deform during ductile deformation, producing folds. Folds very commonly develop in rocks when rock layers are shortened by tectonic forces in a specific direction. On the other hand, when layers are extended, we develop boudins. Boudins – the term comes from the French word for ‘sausage’ – are frag ...[Read More]

Give us your feedback on our blog!

May 10, 2019
Give us your feedback on our blog!
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Help us improve the Tectonics & Structural Geology blog and give us your feedback in this short survey! Would you like to be involved in the team, as a guest writer, networker or blog editor? Let us know via this survey and we’ll get in touch!   Display content from Crowdsignal Click here to display content from Crowdsignal. Learn more in Crowdsignal’s privacy policy. Always display ...[Read More]

Meeting Plate Tectonics – Francis Albarède

April 30, 2019
Meeting Plate Tectonics – Francis Albarède
Credit: Grotzinger, J. and Jordan, T. (2014). Understanding Earth. [Plate boundaries by Peter Bird, UCLA]

These blogposts present interviews with outstanding scientists that bloomed and shape the theory that revolutionised Earth Sciences — Plate Tectonics. Get to know them, learn from their experience, discover the pieces of advice they share and find out where the newest challenges lie! Meeting Francis Albarède Francis Albarède started his career as an undergraduate student in Natural Sciences at the ...[Read More]

Meeting Plate Tectonics – Eric Calais

April 16, 2019
Meeting Plate Tectonics – Eric Calais
Credit: Grotzinger, J. and Jordan, T. (2014). Understanding Earth. [Plate boundaries by Peter Bird, UCLA]

These blogposts present interviews with outstanding scientists that bloomed and shape the theory that revolutionised Earth Sciences — Plate Tectonics. Get to know them, learn from their experience, discover the pieces of advice they share and find out where the newest challenges lie! Meeting Eric Calais Eric Calais is Professor of Geophysics and Head of the Geosciences department at the Ecole Norm ...[Read More]

Meeting Plate Tectonics – Dietmar Müller

April 2, 2019
Meeting Plate Tectonics – Dietmar Müller
Credit: Grotzinger, J. and Jordan, T. (2014). Understanding Earth. [Plate boundaries by Peter Bird, UCLA]

These blogposts present interviews with outstanding scientists that bloomed and shape the theory that revolutionised Earth Sciences — Plate Tectonics. Get to know them, learn from their experience, discover the pieces of advice they share and find out where the newest challenges lie! Meeting Dietmar Müller Dietmar Müller is Professor of Geophysics at the University in Sydney and leads the EarthByt ...[Read More]

Meeting Plate Tectonics – Cesar Ranero

March 19, 2019
Meeting Plate Tectonics – Cesar Ranero
Credit: Grotzinger, J. and Jordan, T. (2014). Understanding Earth. [Plate boundaries by Peter Bird, UCLA]

These blogposts present interviews with outstanding scientists that bloomed and shape the theory that revolutionised Earth Sciences — Plate Tectonics. Get to know them, learn from their experience, discover the pieces of advice they share and find out where the newest challenges lie! Meeting Cesar Ranero Prof. Cesar Ranero is an Earth Science researcher, currently Head of Barcelona Center for Subs ...[Read More]

Meeting Plate Tectonics – Anne Davaille

March 5, 2019
Meeting Plate Tectonics – Anne Davaille
Credit: Grotzinger, J. and Jordan, T. (2014). Understanding Earth. [Plate boundaries by Peter Bird, UCLA]

These blogposts present interviews with outstanding scientists that bloomed and shape the theory that revolutionised Earth Sciences — Plate Tectonics. Get to know them, learn from their experience, discover the pieces of advice they share and find out where the newest challenges lie! Meeting Anne Davaille Anne Davaille majored in Physics and continued with a PhD in Theoretical Physics of Fluids, j ...[Read More]

Minds over Methods: Mineral reactions in the lab

March 4, 2019
Minds over Methods: Mineral reactions in the lab
CL image of a sheared quartz-muscovite gouge. Credit: André Niemeijer.

  Mineral reactions in the lab André Niemeijer, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands In this blogpost we will go on a tour of the High Pressure and Temperature (HPT) Laboratory at Utrecht University and learn about some of the interesting science done there. André’s main interest is fault friction and all the various processes that are invol ...[Read More]

Meeting Plate Tectonics – Roger Buck

February 20, 2019
Meeting Plate Tectonics – Roger Buck
Credit: Grotzinger, J. and Jordan, T. (2014). Understanding Earth. [Plate boundaries by Peter Bird, UCLA]

These blogposts present interviews with outstanding scientists that bloomed and shape the theory that revolutionised Earth Sciences — Plate Tectonics. Get to know them, learn from their experience, discover the pieces of advice they share and find out where the newest challenges lie! Meeting Roger Buck Roger Buck is a Research Professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia Universit ...[Read More]

Meeting Plate Tectonics – Roland Bürgmann

February 5, 2019
Meeting Plate Tectonics – Roland Bürgmann
Credit: Grotzinger, J. and Jordan, T. (2014). Understanding Earth. [Plate boundaries by Peter Bird, UCLA]

These blogposts present interviews with outstanding scientists that bloomed and shape the theory that revolutionised Earth Sciences — Plate Tectonics. Get to know them, learn from their experience, discover the pieces of advice they share and find out where the newest challenges lie! Meeting Roland Bürgmann   Roland Bürgmann is Professor of Geophysics at the University of California, Berkeley ...[Read More]