http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:21:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/30/probing-an-oceanic-plate/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/30/probing-an-oceanic-plate/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:36:49 +0000 Jim Gaherty http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=20289 Everything that we understand about the rhythms of the Earth’s surface – the slow growth of mountain chains, the creeping expansion of the ocean basins, the abrupt upheaval of a major earthquake, the explosive eruption of a volcano – is viewed through the context of plate tectonics.  This simple yet highly successful model for describing [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/30/probing-an-oceanic-plate/feed/ 4