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Extinction of the mammoth and the Clathrate Gun
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Extinction of the mammoth and the Clathrate Gun

29/04/2019

Joanne Ballard and André Bijkerk (USA) In this article, we will argue that the extinction of megafauna on the mammoth steppes of the Northern Hemisphere may ultimately have been caused by the release of massive quantities of methane in the North Atlantic Ocean at the Amazon Fan near the Brazilian … Read More

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Giant’s Causeway (Part 1): An introduction
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Giant’s Causeway (Part 1): An introduction

26/09/2017

Dr Trevor Watts (UK) This is the first of two articles on the volcanicity of the Giant’s Causeway and the surrounding area. The Causeway itself is an area of basalt columns, about 100m or so across, jutting into the Irish Sea. A remnant of a vast ancient lava flow, it … Read More

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Warming medieval climate supports a revolution in agriculture
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Warming medieval climate supports a revolution in agriculture

18/07/2017

Steven Wade Veatch and Cheryl Bibeau (USA) In the light of our current worries about climate change and global warming, this is the first a series of articles for Deposits that covers significant climate changes that have occurred in the geological past and times when the earth’s climate was hugely … Read More

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Geology of East Greenland
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Geology of East Greenland

27/04/2017

James Cresswell (UK) Eighty percent of Greenland is covered by ice and, in places, this is up to 3.4km thick. So, Greenland might not immediately spring to mind as a place to go to observe rocks. However, it is a huge country and the ice-free area, at 410,000km2, is nearly … Read More

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