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Tibetan Plateau

Imaggeo on Mondays: Sand and snow on the Tibetan Plateau

June 3, 2019
Imaggeo on Mondays: Sand and snow on the Tibetan Plateau
Snow & Sand in Harmony. Credit: Monica Cardarilli (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

Roughly 50 million years ago, the Eurasian and Indian continental plates began to crash into each other, dramatically changing the landscape of modern-day Asia. The force of the collision caused the Earth to scrunch together at the zone of impact, subsequently forming the Himalayan mountain range. However, to the north of the crash, a stretch of the Earth uplifted without bunching up or wrinkling; ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Peter Lippert, understanding continental tectonics through palaeomagnetic studies

November 11, 2016
GeoTalk: Peter Lippert, understanding continental tectonics through palaeomagnetic studies
Peter logging field measurements in the Raft River Range of NE Utah and S. Idaho. Photo Credit: Emily Kleber

Geotalk is a regular feature highlighting early career researchers and their work. In this interview we speak to Peter Lippert, a palaeomagnetist at the University of Utah, and winner of the 2016 EMRP Outstanding Young Scientist Award. He was granted the award for his contributions to insights into palaeoceanography and continental tectonics through palaeomagnetic studies. Crucially, his work usin ...[Read More]