Tectonics and Structural Geology

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Minds over Methods: Dating deformation with U-Pb carbonate geochronology

Guest author August 16, 2019

For this edition of Minds over Methods, we have invited Nick Roberts, a research scientist at the British Geological Survey, working within the Geochronology and Tracers Facility (GTF) running a LA-ICP-MS laboratory. Nick has a background in ‘hard-rock’ geology, incorporating geochemistry, geochronology, and magmatic and metamorphic petrology across a wide range of tectonic settings, and …[Read More]

Features from the field: Boudinage

Samuele Papeschi May 19, 2019

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 – …[Read More]

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Welcome to the blog of the Tectonics and Structural Geology (TS) Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Here you can find a whole range of fun and informative posts related to tectonics and structural geology, such as interviews with established scientists, descriptions of common features in the field, as well as updates on the latest research being carried in these scientific areas. This blog is run with great enthusiasm by Hannah Davies, David Fernández-Blanco, Derya Gürer, Samuele Papeschi, Elenora van Rijsingen, Silvia Brizzi and Anne Pluymakers. Everybody is invited to contribute to the blog and submit posts to the editor-in-chief Hannah Davies.