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Imaggeo on Mondays: What a thin section has to say about the deformation of the Zagros Mountains

October 19, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: What a thin section has to say about the deformation of the Zagros Mountains
Deformation twinning . Credit: Amirhossein Mojtahedzadeh (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The impressive Zagros Orogeny, as seen from a bird’s-eye view, has featured on Imaggeo on Monday’s blog posts a few times recently. From its fluvial dissection features, through to a false colour LANDSAT 7 image which reveals a velociraptor hiding among fold and thrusts, we’ve looked at the broad scale structures which shape the Zagros mountains. This week, the scale changes entirely: we zoom righ ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Mount Etna

October 5, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: Mount Etna
Mount Etna. Credit: Alicia Morugán (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In this week’s Imaggeo on Monday’s image an almost Martian looking landscape, with ombre coloured soils, gives way to gently rolling hills, covered in luscious woods and vegetation. Were it not for the trees in the distance, you would be forgiven for thinking this image had been captured by a Mars rover. In truth, it is an entirely more earthly landscape: welcome to the slopes of Mt. Etna! Keep on ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The organisation of a river system

September 21, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: The organisation of a river system
The nature organization of the river system . Credit: Tatiana Feskova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The picture shows the Elbe Rivervalley, one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It was taken from the Bastei Bridge close to Rathen, which towers 194 meters above the Elbe River in the state of Saxony in the south-eastern Germany. This region belongs to the national park known as Saxon Switzerland. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic, the Saxon Switzerland National Park ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Mola de Lord

August 31, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: Mola de Lord
Mola de Lord . Credit: Sarah Weick (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

From the easterly Atlantic waters of the Bay of Biscay to the Catalan wild coast (Costa Brava) in the west, the Spanish Pyrenees stretch 430 km across the north of the country. At the foothills of the Catalan Pyrenees you’ll find the Pre-Pyrenees. Despite not reaching the soaring heights of the peaks of the Pyrenees, they nonetheless offer important insights into the geology of the range and stunn ...[Read More]