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Researcher studies deformation of tectonic plates | #Geology #GeologyPage Sean Bemis put his hands together side by side to demonstrate two plates of the earths crust with a smooth boundary running between them. But that boundary is not always smooth and those plates do not always sit together neatly, which makes the earths crust a dynamic and complex surface. As a structural geologist and paleoseismologist, Bemis often uses visual and three dimensional (3-D) models to explain his studies of the earths crust; sometimes that entails sophisticated 3-D digital imagery, maps and diagrams of fault lines, the rocks he processes in his lab, or, as in this case, his own hands. Read more : geologypage/2014/11/researcher-studies-deformation-of.html Geology Page geologypage
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 02:00:00 +0000

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