The unprecedented threat of alien geology must weigh heavy on the minds of human Earth geologists. This month’s Accretionary Wedge (issue 13), opens the alien riddled can of worms that is Geology in Spaaaaace.
Hi everyone.
Just a reminder that posts for the Accretionary Wedge #13 are due this Thursday (or Friday), your time (25th or 26th of September). Check out the original post for submission details and get those little space themed articles rolling on in!
You may also want to check out the upcoming and previous hosts of the Accretionary Wedge here.
Hello everyone,
It’s my turn again to host the geoblogosphere’s blog carnival, The Accretionary Wedge. This month for the Wedges thirteenth edition the theme, as chosen by me, is:
Geology in Space (pronounced Geologeeeeee in Spaaaaaaaace).
Geology doesn’t just happen here on Earth, it’s happening everywhere there’s a small amount of silicates being drawn together by gravity. This month, give yourself a few hours, pick a body within the solar system, and tell the world about the geology that goes on there. You could talk about yardangs on Mars, the extreme tectonics of Venus, the enormous equaitorial ridge on Saturn’s moon Iapetus, what the HED meteorites tell us about 4 Vesta, or anything else that may tickle your geological interest.
The Earth is so huge and varied geologically, just think about what else is going on, on the other 7 planets and thousands of other bodies in the solar system.
I’ll be handing my MSc thesis (which deals with the formation of the solar system) in on the 25th of September, so that’s the date for everyone to get their submissions to me on the weird and wonderful things that have happened since. Either email me (chris (-then the usual symbol-) goodshist.com), or post a link in the comment thread of this post.
Happy writing!
Battling volcanoes, lost love, and beautiful maidens. All part of the local native lore of the volcanoes in these parts. My submission for The Accretionary Wedge #10.
Jess (Tuff Cookie) and I discuss slowing lava, the Phoenix lander, earthquakes causing other earthquakes, the geoblogosphere going “main stream” and much, much more.
Being a person concerned with the processes taking place on the Earth, I’ve decided to push an existing idea for sustainability. My submission for The Accretionary Wedge #8.
Crematoria: A fictional planet depicted in the movie Chronicles of Riddick. So extreme are the conditions on the surface that they not only defy belief, but the laws of physics. But what about the geology? My submission to the Accretionary Wedge #7.
Mt Taranaki is ~100 Km away from the rest of the volcanics in the North Island of New Zealand. Mythologically it’s a social outcast but geologically it makes me go “hmmm”. My submission for the Accretionary Wedge #6.
What geological misconceptions annoy me? People sinking into red hot liquid lava, the stuff that makes up most of the world under our precious solid crust. My submission for the Accretionary Wedge #5.
This month’s Accretionary Wedge is “My Pet Rock”. What samples do the geo-bloggers of the world treasure most?
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