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This course website is served from the encryption-secured Department of Earth and Planetary Science server: EPSC-221 _________________________ News and Highlights
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Crystal size means what? Usually an indication of cooling rate for igneous rocks but otherwise? Pegmatites The Martian Landscape Was Shaped by Massive, Climate Change–Fueled Floods A seismometer maps Mars’s anatomy We Still Don’t Know Why the Reign of the Dinosaurs Ended Extinct Style of Plate Tectonics Explains Early Earth’s Flat New lunar samples reveal more recent volcanic activity on the moon A new fossil discovery may add hundreds of millions of years to the evolutionary history of animals Possible poriferan body fossils in early Neoproterozoic microbial reef Swipe Left on the “Big One”: Better Dates for Cascadia The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster
Earth's Core Is Growing "Lopsided' and Scientists Don't Know Why The following three references require that you are logged in with McGill Library privileges Thickness and structure of the martian crust from InSight seismic data Seismic detection of the martian core Upper mantle structure of Mars from InSight seismic data Studying how major volcanic eruptions affect climate Carmeltazite is harder than diamond! State-of-the-Art Technology, Serendipity, and Secrets of Stonehenge A meteorite’s magnetism hints at Jupiter’s migration Eruption of volcano on La Palma, Canary Is. The story of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens Melting of polar ice shifting Earth itself, not just sea levels What Makes Earth's Surface Move? Some photos of the La Palma eruption From another course Georgia SouthWestern University (brief categorization of igneous rock types):
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