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Minds over Methods: Massively dilatant faults in Iceland – from surface to subsurface structures

January 29, 2019
Minds over Methods: Massively dilatant faults in Iceland – from surface to subsurface structures
View towards Ármannsfell (North) at Thingvellir. Lake Thingvallavatn on the right and the southern part of the Almannagjá massively dilatant fault on the left. Note the tilted blocks dipping towards the lake. Credit: Michael Kettermann.

In this Minds over Methods we don’t have one, but two scientists talking about their research! Michael Kettermann and Christopher Weismüller, both from Aachen University, explain us about the multidisciplinary approach they use to understand more about massively dilatant faults. How do they form and what do they look like at depth? Massively dilatant faults in Iceland – from surface to subsu ...[Read More]

Minds over Methods: Tectonochemistry of Melting Mud in the Mantle, evidence from the Oman/UAE ophiolite

January 1, 2019
Minds over Methods: Tectonochemistry of Melting Mud in the Mantle, evidence from the Oman/UAE ophiolite
A lonely road in Wadi Al Hoqain, Oman. To the right: a date palm farm. To the left: mantle peridotite. The mantle section in the Haylayn massif can be as much as 15 kilometres thick. Credit: Christopher Spencer.

For this first Minds over Methods of 2019, we invited Christopher Spencer, Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University in Australia, to tell us something about tectonochemistry. By applying geochemistry to tectonic processes, it is possible to get more insight into the different stages of the rock cycle. By combining fieldwork and geochemical analyses of the Oman/UAE ophiolite, Chris and his co-wo ...[Read More]