Tectonics and Structural Geology

Winners of the EGU Best Blog Posts of 2019 Competition

Hazel Gibson January 17, 2020

Image modified from Lava glow and space at the Kilauea volcano. Credit: Andreas Johnsson (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

2019 was a brilliant year for our blogging network here at EGU. Across the EGU’s official blog, GeoLog, as well as the network and division blogs there were so many interesting, educational and just downright entertaining posts this year it was hard to get the blog editors to choose their favourites! Nevertheless in December, to celebrate the excellent display of science writing across the network ...[Read More]

Conversations on a century of geoscience in Europe: Part 2

Olivia Trani October 11, 2019

Image modified from Ice breaker. Credit: Jan-Marcus Nasse (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

When you think about the last century of geoscience, what comes to mind? Perhaps Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift? Or Inge Lehmann’s discovery of Earth’s solid inner core? Over the last 100 years, geoscientists have made incredible contributions to our understanding of the Earth, the solar system, and beyond. The science community has explored uncharted territory, challenged previously ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The salt mine carving into the Carpathians

Olivia Trani August 26, 2019

Large similar folds in a salt mine in the Carpathians. Credit: Janos Urai (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The image gives us a glimpse into the Slănic Salt Mine in central Romania, about 100 kilometres north of the capital city Bucharest. The region was actively mined for almost 30 years, from 1943 to 1970. The Slănic Salt Mine is the largest salt mine in Europe, and the facility consists of 14 large chambers, each more than 50 metres high. The cavities of the mine, more than 200 metres deep, carve in ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Foggy Bandon beach, Oregon

Frederik Tack June 17, 2019

Foggy Bandon beach, Oregon. Credit: Frederik Tack (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

This picture was taken at Bandon beach, Oregon. Bandon is well-known for its memorable seascape of stacks of all shapes and sizes. These rock formations are known to geologists as ‘knockers’ and carry nicknames like ‘the Wizards hat’. They date from the Jurassic period – about 200 to 145 million years ago – and are what remains from the great mélange during tectonic subduction processe ...[Read More]