Experimental modeling of geological processes has a long and distinguished history. Throughout, these experiments were devised to duplicate, at much […]
This biography is part of the series Pioneering women in Earth Sciences – the link will take you to the
I wonder whether James R. Beerbower had any inkling that his paper on alluvial fan dynamics would seriously influence stratigraphic
A look at the modern settings for carbonate platform deposits on Aitutaki volcanic island and lagoon. Isolated carbonate platforms are
Prevailing scientific wisdom tells us that volcanic seamounts and oceanic islands are forged from magma hotspots fed by mantle-derived plumes.
Seamounts and volcanic islands – the foundations for atolls and fringing reefs. A historical interlude Darwin’s elegant explanation of atoll
Every geological outcrop tells a story. How often do you pass a road-side rock outcrop that grabs your attention, a
This post focuses on sandbox models and what they tell us about the mechanics and kinematics of orogenic wedge development.
Brittle deformation and Mohr-Coulomb failure Deformation of Earth materials takes place predominantly within two rheological domains: brittle and ductile. Deformation
Sandbox analogue models of strike-slip basins and pop-up structures How things have changed. It wasn’t that long ago that numerical