Don’t forget the three virtues of a Geophysicist, namely: True Love, True Friendship, True Amplitudes. ~ M. Tygel This happens to be my favorite quote about geophysics. A fellow writer asked me, what this quote was all about. So I began to elaborate on this. The part about “True Love” appears to be the easiest […]
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The first rule of WesternGeco…
you do not talk about WesternGeco! Well no. You may talk about WesternGeco, but I just got my Welcome package at Schlumberger. Which already leads me to the headline, I just signed a confidentiality agreement. This will make it kind of hard to talk about the internship on this blog, but I will do my […]
The weekend volcano post
The weekend is coming! Let’s start this weekend with an awesome volcano picture of the Bagana in Papua New Guinea. It was taken by the Earth Observing-1 satellite and is a rather rare picture. This volcano can hardly be monitored since it’s located far from any civilization. Enjoy it and study the different magma flows […]
The “Missing Silicon”-Problem
For quite some time, we have been missing some silicon. I guess, this need some explanation. Scientists have a quite good understand of which elements should be on this earth. They derived this information from meteorites and some theoretical constructs on how earth formed from the solar nebula. But as it’s often the case: Earth […]
Interdisciplinary Upwelling
Have a look at the map. It shows the worldwide upwelling areas (by NCEP and NOAA). Upwelling in coastal areas has been known for quite a while. However, this is a beautiful example how different systems of the earth interact and make living possible. Upwelling is a very important nutrient provider, transporting low, cold, nutrientrich […]
Warum wird man Geophysiker?
Ich bin von ganzem Herzen Geophysiker. Doch da stellt sich die Frage: Warum liebe ich Geophysik so sehr?! Als kleiner Junge, war ich ein eher besonderes Kind. Ich spielte nicht im Sandkasten, ich erforschte die Lokale Kiesgrube. Zugegeben recht erfolgreich, da ich mit geologisch-geophysikalischen Themen beim Landeswettbewerb “Sch?ler experimentieren” regelm??ig Preise einheimste. Fr?h habe ich […]
