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Geodynamics
Geodynamics: a subfield of geophysics dealing with dynamics of the Earth. It applies physics, chemistry and mathematics to the understanding of how mantle convection leads to plate tectonics and geologic phenomena such as seafloor spreading, mountain building, volcanoes, earthquakes, faulting and so on. It also attempts to probe the internal activity by measuring magnetic fields, gravity, and seismic waves, as well as the mineralogy of rocks and their isotopic composition. Methods of geodynamics are also applied to exploration of other planets.
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APR 06, 2025Earth & The Environment
The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
The inner core of the Earth, which is found about 3,000 miles under the surface, sits within a molten outer core, and is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study has determined that they inner core of our planet is slowing down, or backtracking, relative to the surface ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
Scientists have found that deep under the earth's crust, there is an ocean of water. Three dimensional seismic imagi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2023Earth & The Environment
Like a number of planetary bodies, the Earth is a very complex geological machine that is comprised of a layered mixture ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 12, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Houston reevaluates the role of the asthenosphere in tectonic plate movement. Accord ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 21, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 22, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Earth's magnetic poles have been on a hasty move in the last two decades. Recently, the geoscientists at Leeds Unive ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 24, 2020Earth & The Environment
The trigger mechanism that caused the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii island has eluded scientists. However, a n ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
All the solar system’s planets follow nearly the same plane and direction as they orbit the Sun, and this is somet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2020Space & Astronomy
2020 was expected to play host to a plethora of Martian missions, including the United States’ Mars 2020 rover, wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
There’s so much happening by way of Martian exploration that it can be easy to forget all the other missions that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Mars 2020 rover has been a popular topic of discussion over the past several years, but it has remained rather consp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2020Space & Astronomy
A plethora of spacecraft have photographed the Sun, but every one of those photographs has been snapped from the rather ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Mercury is the solar system’s smallest planet, and it’s also the one residing closest to the Sun. But while ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2020Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered one of the solar system’s planets but was later downgraded to the status of ‘dwarf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2020Space & Astronomy
Jupiter, recognized by most as the largest known planet in our solar system, is a particularly interesting place. So int ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
While most people are familiar with the planets residing in our solar system from lessons taught back in grade school, i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2020Space & Astronomy
It’s officially 2020, and with that in mind, anyone paying attention to NASA’s launch schedule should know a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2020Space & Astronomy
There’s been a lot of discussion happening as of late with respect to the Orion constellation’s red supergia ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 31, 2019Space & Astronomy
KIC 8462852, also known as Tabby’s Star or the infamous ‘alien megastructure star,’ is peculiar becaus ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 23, 2019Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been following NASA, then you’ve undoubtedly heard about the American space agency’s Artemis ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 23, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission is designed to probe the red planet’s internal physical characteristics, including he ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The inner core of the Earth, which is found about 3,000 miles under the surface, sits within a molten outer core, and is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study has determined that they inner core of our planet is slowing down, or backtracking, relative to the surface
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have found that deep under the earth's crust, there is an ocean of water. Three dimensional seismic imagi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Like a number of planetary bodies, the Earth is a very complex geological machine that is comprised of a layered mixture
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Houston reevaluates the role of the asthenosphere in tectonic plate movement. Accord
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 21, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 22, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Earth's magnetic poles have been on a hasty move in the last two decades. Recently, the geoscientists at Leeds Unive
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 24, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The trigger mechanism that caused the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii island has eluded scientists. However, a n
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
All the solar system’s planets follow nearly the same plane and direction as they orbit the Sun, and this is somet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2020
Space & Astronomy
2020 was expected to play host to a plethora of Martian missions, including the United States’ Mars 2020 rover, wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
There’s so much happening by way of Martian exploration that it can be easy to forget all the other missions that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Mars 2020 rover has been a popular topic of discussion over the past several years, but it has remained rather consp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A plethora of spacecraft have photographed the Sun, but every one of those photographs has been snapped from the rather
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Mercury is the solar system’s smallest planet, and it’s also the one residing closest to the Sun. But while
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered one of the solar system’s planets but was later downgraded to the status of ‘dwarf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter, recognized by most as the largest known planet in our solar system, is a particularly interesting place. So int
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
While most people are familiar with the planets residing in our solar system from lessons taught back in grade school, i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2020
Space & Astronomy
It’s officially 2020, and with that in mind, anyone paying attention to NASA’s launch schedule should know a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2020
Space & Astronomy
There’s been a lot of discussion happening as of late with respect to the Orion constellation’s red supergia
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 31, 2019
Space & Astronomy
KIC 8462852, also known as Tabby’s Star or the infamous ‘alien megastructure star,’ is peculiar becaus
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been following NASA, then you’ve undoubtedly heard about the American space agency’s Artemis
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission is designed to probe the red planet’s internal physical characteristics, including he
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard