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Sunday, 19 July 2015
Literature update
Lots of paleoseismology and tsunami studies are currently being published… Here’s my update on the latest papers, including: Surface ruptures, seismic swarms, tsunamites, Asian tectonics, slip rates and archaeoseismology. Plus: A very interesting study on the 1911 Chon-Kemin M8.0 earthquake in the Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan border region, the source process reconstruced from analogue seismograms. Thanks to Ramon Arrowsmith for pointing me to this one. Enjoy! Teran, O. J., Fletcher, J. [...]The Awesome Power of Lava: Watch Metal Burn!
Remember when we poked some gentle fun at Hollywood and 'splained that most lava flows are so slow that you can outwalk them? I wish I'd known about this video back then, because it shows how even... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.comDer "fossil record" visualisiert: Die Paleobiology Database Kartenanwendung
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