Earth Science

New on StackExchange: Temporal Resolution of Seismic data

Radius of the Fresnel zone is given by [math]Rf=(v/2)(t_0/f_\mathrm{dom})^{1/2}[/math] where v: velocity of layer [math]t_0[/math]: two way travel time [math]f_\mathrm{dom}[/math]… Read More

2015-01-19

To what accuracy and precision do we know the volume of the Earth?

Satellites such as GOCE and GRACE measure the geoid with unprecedented accuracy. Altimeters can determine local surface elevation with millimetre-precision.… Read More

2014-12-23

Dante’s Peak investigated

Dante's Peak, one of those disaster movies that you either love or hate. Pierce Brosnan saves a dog from Old… Read More

2014-09-22

Fly over Bardabunga

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR6p_zuPx9Q] Read More

2014-09-15

Shock Waves on Tavurvur – Volcano Monday

The shock wave on the Tavurvur volcano in Papua New Guinea is really quite impressive! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx5UecbuYw8 Read More

2014-09-08

A geologic mystery solved! – The sailing stones

When you write about geology you inevitably come across a couple mysteries that are just unsolved. In the Racetrack Playa… Read More

2014-09-04

The Showroom – Data for my thesis

I'm working on a field data set from the Mediterranean Sea. There are many intellectual reasons for working this data… Read More

2014-08-27

The end is near! – My Master Thesis

I just started the end of my journey in university. I registered my Master's thesis. This feels like quite the… Read More

2014-08-23

Quadcopters and Volcanoes = awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-shWVW1UBc Today's volcano is featured by a quadcopter. Be sure to check out this amazing footage! from Tumblr Read More

2014-03-20

Do you know your seismic velocity?

In seismic data analysis a lot of work goes towards getting a good velocity model of the subsurface. We talk… Read More

2014-03-16