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Let's start with #geology 🌋: The #Permian mass #extinction (~250M years ago) caused by Siberian Traps #volcanism wiped out 95% of species. Massive CO2 emissions led to drastic climate shifts, showing punctuated evolution at work on a planetary scale.
#geology #extinction #permian #volcanism

Elevation difference map (vertical displacement) based on two different acquisitions by our remote sensing team. These area base on two DEMs spanning 1 Dec. to 15 Jan. covering the latest eruption in #Grindavík

Reds:
- New lava fields
- Lava barriers

Blues:
- Quarry for barriers
- Barrier entrenchment
- Graben formation

#geology #mapping #qgis #eruption #iceland

#eruption #iceland #geology #mapping #grindavik #qgis

oh this is very special! Definitely passing on to #Geology friends. Meteorites have become very popular for collectors. And they are often in the news, like the search in Maine now. #Meteorite
#meteorite #geology

Fun Fact: the crew of Apollo 17 included the first astronaut without a military pilot background -- Harrison "Jack" Schmitt is the only geologist to gather samples off world.

#Geology #Geologist #Space #NASA #Moon #FunFact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Schmitt

American politician and astronaut (born 1935)

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#moon #space #NASA #geology #geologist #funfact

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