Studying petit-spot volcanoes provides a window into the largely unknown asthenosphere, givingscientists a greater understanding of plate tectonics, the kind of rocks existing there, and the melting processunde
We left Yosemite today via Tioga Road, filling our eyes one last time with the glories of Tuolomne Meadow (a large, high open space where the Miwok, Yurok, Paiute and Shoshone tribes met for shared ceremonies, meals and trade for many centuries), the granite domes of the Eastern edge o...
Swiss and Alpine geologists between two tectonic revolutions 511 In spite of the magnificent dialectical aspect of the argument and the splendid way in which pieces of evidence fell into place, right from the start scientists seemed unconvinced, and if a few paleontologists and a few meteorologists...