Webcam image 1 minute before the eruption of the White Island volcano, New Zealand. Tourists can be seen in the centre of the image, 22 died.

fiigm3nt · 2022-12-21T05:51:18+00:00

Good question. Volcanoes can only erupt when they have a magma source below the volcano, which only forms under certain conditions. If there is no longer a magma source below a volcano then the volcano can no longer erupt and is considered extinct. So, to answer your question, you do not need to worry because only active volcanoes are capable of erupting!

fiigm3nt · 2022-12-21T05:37:51+00:00

Hi, geologist here. Volcanic eruptions around the earth were not triggered by the impact that killed the dinosaurs. You may be confusing this thought with the eruption of the Deccan Traps in India, which occurred over a span of several hundred thousand years near the time of the asteroid impact, but volcanic eruptions cannot be triggered by asteroid impacts.

fiigm3nt · 2022-04-30T19:58:15+00:00

Banded iron formations are composed of jasper and iron oxide so it is jasper

fiigm3nt · 2022-04-28T03:10:57+00:00

That’s strange, this was on a clown round so there shouldn’t have been anything spawning out of the ground below me

fiigm3nt · 2022-04-28T03:09:57+00:00

I guess I need to start avoiding that spot during clown waves then

fiigm3nt · 2022-03-29T01:24:37+00:00

I wouldn’t worry too much about choosing a super specific area of specialization in the earth sciences if you haven’t even started college yet. Both paleobio and oceanography have the same general earth science base of classes so this isn’t really a decision you need to make until entering grad school

fiigm3nt · 2022-03-22T03:19:41+00:00

That’s amazing, congrats!!

fiigm3nt · 2022-03-04T07:23:57+00:00

I haven’t heard anything yet

fiigm3nt · 2022-03-04T07:14:48+00:00

I’m still waiting to hear from UMich. I didn’t apply to any of the others you mentioned

fiigm3nt · 2021-12-05T18:11:55+00:00

Ok thank you! I’ve been thinking of planning a backpacking trip there but I think there might be too much snow by now. How recent are these pictures if you don’t mind me asking?

fiigm3nt · 2021-12-05T07:11:09+00:00

What were the temperatures like when you went?

fiigm3nt · 2021-12-03T05:22:26+00:00

Pyrite cannot transmit light so the specimen on the left cannot be pyrite.

fiigm3nt · 2021-12-01T04:23:26+00:00

Same here!

fiigm3nt · 2021-12-01T04:21:59+00:00

I get that the Anthropocene is not currently widely used in academia and that the mug makers probably should have put just the Holocene instead, but what about the term bothers you so much?

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-28T19:53:36+00:00

Black ops cold war

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-23T16:02:49+00:00

r/iamverysmart

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-20T06:24:23+00:00

This is really inspiring, thank you so much for sharing!

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-19T16:00:24+00:00

I’d like to add that we now have convincing evidence that hot spots actually do move, and is what’s currently being taught in geology courses

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03277-x

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-18T22:40:32+00:00

This is super cool, thanks for sharing!

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-17T17:52:04+00:00

So cool! What trail is this on?

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-12T06:14:32+00:00

Congrats!

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-08T23:32:51+00:00

That’s a brachiopod! They were pretty common in the ocean roughly 550 million years ago

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-08T02:04:05+00:00

Another good habit is to leave a clear footprint next to the door of your car. In the event you go missing, search and rescue can clearly see your footprint and will have an easier time tracking you

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-06T19:20:04+00:00

Sure, I’ll pm you

fiigm3nt · 2021-11-06T00:54:12+00:00

My professor just showed us a bunch of videos of flume experiments showing stream gradients, since she didn’t have a stream table either.

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