Earth's Billion-Year Balancing Act
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https://phys.org/news/2024-02-earth-billion-year.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1130/GSATG423C.1 <-- shared paper
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#geology #geologichistory #BoringBillion #BalancedBillion #earth #earthhistory #life #lifeonearth #atmosphere #oxygenation #structuralgeology #tectonics #complexlife #eukaryote #platetectonics #crust #mantle #core

Earth Only Has Six Continents, Not Seven, As We've All Been Taught [well, seven/eight with Zealandia!]
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https://www.earth.com/news/claim-earth-has-six-continents-not-seven-north-america-europe-connected/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.05.001 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #earth #continents #geography #tectonics #platetectonics #NorthAmerica #Eurasia #volcanic #vulcanism #iceland #greenland #midatlanticridge #tectonicboundary #GreenlandIcelandFaroesRidge #ROMP #geologichistory

The Atlantic Jigsaw Puzzle And The Geoheritage Of Angola
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https://doi.org/10.1144/SP543-2022-301 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #fieldwork #structuralgeology #model #modeling #stratigraphy #platetectonics #Namibe #Angola #Africa #Atlantic #MidAtlanticRift #geologichistory #geoheritage #reconstruction #remotesensing #geophysics #drilling #sampling #rift #outcrop #salt #sedimentation #seafloorspreading #terrestial #marine

New Map Shows Where Damaging Earthquakes Are Most Likely To Occur In US
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https://phys.org/news/2024-01-earthquakes.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231215428 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #earthquakes #USA #risk #hazard #evaluation #USGS #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #SeismicHazard #NSHM #geology #engineeringgeology #geologichistory #fault #faulting #tectonics #engineers #structures #codes #buildingcodes #buildingdesign #quake #seismicdesign #assessment #publicsafety #planning #requlations #engineering
@USGS

Late Miocene Megalake Regressions In Eurasia
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91001-z <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #history #hydrology #geologichistory #Miocene #geology #lake #paleogeography #megalake #Paratethys #hydrology #water #paleoenvironment #stratigraphy #desiccation #regression #reconstruction #model #arid #aridification #vegetation #flora #fauna #ecosystem #endorheic #salinity #sea #hydrospatial #landscape #landcover #emergent #eurasia

Just One Long Mountain Range
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https://vividmaps.com/central-pangean-mountains/ <-- shared article
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H/T Tasa Graphic Arts
When we think of mountain ranges, we don't usually think of them for what they really are, geological formations that can span the entire planet. However, that's exactly what this map depicts. It shows how the Appalachian mountains in the U.S. actually connect with the Scottish Highlands, the hills of Ireland, Scandinavian Mountains, the east side of Greenland and the Atlas Mountains. When all of these places were once joined together, these ranges formed the Central Pangean Mountains millions of years ago.
#GIS #spatial #mapping #GreaterAppalachia #Laurussia #Gondwana #Pangaea #geology #structuralgeology #mapping #topography #orogeny #geologichistory #mountainrange #mountains #global #tectonics #platetectonics #RenuniteGondwanaland

Long-Lost Remnants Of Ancient Continents Still Lurk Beneath Antarctica
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https://www.iflscience.com/long-lost-remnants-of-ancient-continents-still-lurk-beneath-antarctica-69572 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34733-9 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #GOCE #gravity #seismology #antarctica #cratons #lithosphere #continents #gravitygradients #model #modeling #tectonics #geology #structuralgeology #platetectonics #orogen #earthhistory #geologichistory
@ESA