Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻 @geophysichick Twitter profile

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

6 years

Flight attendant on my flight to the mother holding an infant: What's her name? Mother: Leia FA: Like Princess Leia? Mother: No, like General Leia. A-freaking-men, sister.

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6 years

This is classic. Replies from women are "yes! We prefer to be thought of as leaders, not princesses". Replies from men are "you are wrong", "not to be pedantic...", and "Leia will always be a princess to me." This is why we want to be generals, gentlemen.

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@geophysichick

4 years

@rene_dionne4 @wonderofscience Volcanologist here. This is real, and this is exactly how it's done. Most sturdy shoes are fine on lava--it cools rapidly. Stitched-on soles are preferred, as glued-on soles can sometimes unglue, and that sucks for the hike back.

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@geophysichick

2 years

@emdashklatt No one else was traumatized by The Diamond Necklace? A woman borrows, and loses, a friend's diamond necklace. She works herself near to death, and destroys her life to replace it. Years later she runs into the friend who loaned the necklace and learns that the diamonds were fake.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

6 years

@_roryturnbull Hello, I'm a seismologist in a geologic disaster movie. I have a radical theory about earthquakes that no one believes, yet proves to be true. Only my ideas can explain the monstrously large earthquakes that are rocking the US West coast. We fix them with nukes.

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@geophysichick

4 years

@rene_dionne4 @wonderofscience Fun facts to address some of the questions here: 1. Basaltic lava is about 1100 degrees C. 2. Steel melts around 1400-1500 degrees C. 3. Iron melts around 1500 degrees C. 4. A welding arc is ~4000 degrees C. Lots of things humans work with are hotter than lava.

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@geophysichick

5 years

My husband is a tenured professor. He's been teaching for nearly 2 decades. He turns 50 next month. Two weeks after that, he's leaving academia to star his new job as a firefighter. ❤ It's never too late to follow your dreams, y'all.

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@geophysichick

2 years

I allowed my students two options for extra credit on their geophysics final exams this year: (1) write a haiku about geophysics or (2) explain what equation you would like tattooed to you. A selection of awesome answers follows:

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

6 years

The number of people who think this conversation didn't happen is weirdly high. The number of people (fewer), calling me "he" is also weirdly high.

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@geophysichick

4 years

@LogantekGeo @rene_dionne4 @wonderofscience A drop of lava would cool pretty quickly and would be unlikely to burn through your boots. Honestly, despite the drama, getting burnt by lava is not a huge hazard, at least if you're talking about pahoehoe toes like these.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

5 years

Fun idea by @GeologyTime , but this tweet triggered a few of my Earth structure pet peeves. So I made my own version. The following thread explains...

Geology Tweets

@GeologyTime

5 years

Studying geology. #geology #earth

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

@SamylNitrate @LogantekGeo @rene_dionne4 @wonderofscience It definitely gets a bit more dense when it solidifies, but you're absolutely right: if not for the burning and dying part, a person would float in magma.

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@geophysichick

6 years

@wbohon @markedly @stevenjgibbons I always got this one: Them: Are they twins? Me: Yes Them: Boys or girls? Me: One of each Them: Are they identical? Me: [gobsmacked] Not from the waist down

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@geophysichick

6 years

Okay, now I understand why that section of the road failed. Liquefaction my friends, liquefaction. Photo courtesy Caryn Orvis.

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@geophysichick

4 years

@CA_AstroComm This is what it looks like to earn your Ph.D. in Hawai`i. My doctorate is in geophysics, my research is in volcano seismology. I don't usually use my title but damned if someone else is going to tell me I shouldn't.

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@geophysichick

3 years

Favorite AGU moment so far: this 6 year old who visited Bill Chadwick's poster and declared that he likes volcanoes, "especially when they erupt!"

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

5 years

@GeologyTime Well this took off, so by popular demand, here's the revised version. (1) the lithospheric mantle beneath the continent is no longer exposed at the plate boundary, (2) there is a now a (folded!) accretionary prism near the trench, and (3) the towels in the core are flatter.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

5 years

A Seismic Rant, by Geophysichick: Rather annoyed, as I prepare my class on seismic waves for tomorrow. Nearly every website I find has a subtle but maddening error in how they discuss the speed of seismic waves. [A rant, but hopefully an educational rant, follows]

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@geophysichick

3 years

Well that escalated quickly.

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@geophysichick

4 years

Okay, volcano twitter, show me your photos when the floor really was lava. I'll start.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

3 years

Every person who works in hazards has a clenched sphincter right now.

Xavi Ruiz

@xruiztru

3 years

Welcome to Zhaotong City, China, the narrowest city in the world!

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

3 years

Looks like coupling of the air wave from the Hunga Ha`apai eruption with the ocean created tsunami waves in the Caribbean. So this is particular tsunami was generated by an atmospheric wave--same thing happened in association with the 1883 Krakatau eruption.

Robin Lacassin - @rlacassin.bsky.social

@RLacassin

3 years

Intriguing sea-level signal on Caribbean island. Time of perturbation 16:00 UTC too early for #Tonga eruption #tsunami (>24h to bypass S America). Could it be due to atmospheric shock wave? Time would fit (~12500km at the speed of sound in the air) Any better expertize than mine?

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

2 years

Mauna Loa lavas are currently restricted to the summit, but things can change. Residents of the Big Island should familiarize themselves with this map showing the time it would take ML flows to reach different regions on its flanks. South Kona should pay particular attention.

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@geophysichick

4 years

Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of the largest earthquake ever recorded, the 1960 Valdiva (Chile) M9.5. On this occasion I want to try to explain just how REALLY REALLY BIG big earthquakes are. Check out the figure below, and buckle up.

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@geophysichick

3 years

My son broke the iceberg floater. Took him 10 seconds to find a geometry that defies physics.

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@geophysichick

4 years

Holy shit.

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@geophysichick

4 years

@YotamShitrit @rene_dionne4 @wonderofscience Here's your answer: the Waha`ula Visitor's Center in Hawai`i after it was inundated by lava. I-beams deformed but standing.

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@geophysichick

2 years

This is the most stunning photo of an `a`a flow that I have ever seen. That flow front! That clinkery top! Holy cow. Photo courtesy @USGSVolcanoes .

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@geophysichick

3 years

Are you reading Tweets about "phantom quakes" associated with the recent M5.9 in California? Wondering what a phantom quake is? Wondering why a quake vanished from the USGS list? Read on, friends!

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

2 years

@AdamKinzinger But you could have used your platform to be helpful, and you didn't. How about explaining what she's doing? You are in a unique position: you are respected across the aisle. Why not use your position to normalize inclusivity?

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

6 years

@marcorubio @marcorubio , there are no election results yet. Until the votes are counted the election is not over. You cannot have results without all of the data.

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@geophysichick

5 years

15 years ago right now, a M9.1 earthquake hit off of the Sumatra coast, generating a tsunami that took over 200k lives. On this anniversary, @NWS_PTWC has created an animation of the region's seismicity since that time. 1/n

Earthquakes of Indonesia: 2004 - 2019

On 26 December 2004 the third-largest earthquake ever recorded struck the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, with a magnitude of 9.1. It generated the deadliest ts...

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@geophysichick

5 years

I'm looking through fieldwork photos on an old hard drive, and just found one of my favorite examples of columnar jointing. This lovely cave is on Tanaga Island in the Aleutians.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

I'm stuck at home with a 15 year old who loves to bake. My thighs and arteries are doomed.

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@geophysichick

2 years

Teaching about earthquake magnitude today, and I'm preparing to show what I think is the most terrifying video taken during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, from a courageous soul in the Sendai airport. Watch with caution. Several things stand out here...

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

3 years

M6.2 in Hawai`i is not a Lo`ihi event, and not associated with the current eruption. Likely stems from flexure of the tectonic plate beneath the weight of the Big Island (seriously! Isn't that awesome?). @USGSVolcanoes report here:

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@geophysichick

4 years

@hannahsue3 @SamylNitrate @LogantekGeo @rene_dionne4 @wonderofscience Well, it depends on the density of Gollum, so maybe?

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@geophysichick

2 years

"I would have gexp=gl-FAcorr+Bcorr [tattooed] because I think it is really cool that gravity can change based on where you are in the world...If I just wanted to look cool I would instead have Bcorr=2pi*rho*G*z because...my knowledge of what it means would impress many suitors."

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@geophysichick

4 years

I was recently asked what a person should do (academically) if they want to become a volcanologist. Rather than bury it in a longer thread, I thought I'd tackle it here. 1/n

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@geophysichick

5 years

Remember that if you are on the coast and feel a quake that is so strong that you cannot stand, do not wait for a warning--leave immediately for high ground.

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@geophysichick

2 years

"F = GMm/r^2: I would get it with the variables being my mass and the moon's mass to solve for how much force the moon and I have on each other. "

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@geophysichick

2 years

My heart hurts a little for my non-binary student who asked me to use binary pronouns in letters of recommendation. They weren't sure how prospective grad advisors would feel about the use of they/them pronouns, so wanted to keep it safe. I hate that they couldn't just be them.

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@geophysichick

1 year

I guess I should show the data. Swifties > Seahawks fans. (except data from the concert may not be caused by the fans--it may be the sound system, so not really a fair comparison).

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@geophysichick

3 years

Bless this #AGU2021 speaker for their honesty : "I spent, like, a year seeing if anything correlates with anything"

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@geophysichick

4 years

This is an amazing article. If you can't get it (paywall), basically, gender balance in science is equal among high performing students, but more low-performing men enter the field. 1/n

Dr Jess Wade liked it here once

@jesswade

4 years

“low achieving men are both retained in and attracted to these fields (physics, engineering and computer science) during college.” fascinating read from @JoeCimpian et al in @ScienceMagazine : #WomenInSTEM

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@geophysichick

5 years

Graffiti in the women's bathroom near my office in the Geology building. I suppose I should call Facilities, but I sorta love it and don't want it cleaned. #WomenInScience

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@geophysichick

5 years

Today is the 320th anniversary of the last M9 earthquake to hit the Pacific NW. In honor of this event, my family has designated January 26 as the day that we update our earthquake kit each year. This thread shows a bit of what that looks like.

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@geophysichick

5 years

That face when your parents are geologists and they make you pose on this awesome field of quartzite talus and you are JUST SO SICK OF ROCKS. (me with my husband and daughter near the Snowy Range, WY)

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@geophysichick

3 years

Remember that while the scientific data are fascinating, the human impacts are terrible. Please remember and amplify the experience of the Tongan people.

Josephine Latu-Sanft

@JoLatuSanft

3 years

Some first pics coming out of #Tonga post #Tsunami #volcanoEruption This is in the outer islands Pangai, Haapai. Roads ripped up. Seems some of those massive chunks are pieces of the seawall. #tongatsunami #TongaVolcanoEruption Photos: Haloti Ulufonua, FB

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3 years

This is a spectacular perspective on the actual size of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha`apai, and it shows how critical it is to map the seafloor and see what's under the waves.

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️🥥🌴

@spahn711

3 years

@MikeOlbinski It is sort of like an iceberg in that we only see a small portion of what's there. The island of Hunga Tonga is only a small portion of the rim of the caldera (the summit crater) of a large volcano that is primarily underwater. Here's a view of the seafloor topography & island:

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@geophysichick

2 years

"LLSVP You big blob, you slow our waves What even are you?"

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@geophysichick

2 years

"Oh, tectonic plate. The ridge misses you dearly. You leave, oh so slow "

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@geophysichick

4 years

How it started. How it's going. The Wild Things, born 3 months premature, turned 16 today. Feeling damned lucky to have these three in my life.

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@geophysichick

4 years

I know the final results aren't in, but I'm sickened. So many people are fine with this response to COVID. They're fine with children at the border whose parents are lost to them. They're fine with climate change. They're fine with lies. Where is my country tonight?

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@starstrickenSF I earned < 25% on my first college physics exam and was urged to leave the major to do "something easier." I'm now a full professor of seismology, and a damned more supportive advisor than I ever had. There's a lot of failure en route to success. Normalize it.

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@geophysichick

3 years

Good morning, Kilauea, you beautiful thing.

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@geophysichick

4 years

If I ever write a book about Academia in 2020, these will be the chapter titles: 1. Sorry for the Late Reply 2. Oops, I Forgot the Attachment 3. Frank, You're Muted! Please add your own.

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@geophysichick

3 years

I love it when Kilauea erupts and the lava (a) doesn't hurt anyone and (b) stays in the National Park. ❤️

USGS Volcanoes🌋

@USGSVolcanoes

3 years

#Kilauea #volcano is #erupting from the summit #caldera . #eruption began September 29, 2021, 3:42 PM HST. #KilaueaErupts Webcam views here:

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3 years

In a previous tweet I noted how nice it is when Kilauea's eruptions don't negatively impact communities. Several responses suggest that people think that this is unusual and that volcanoes are wild and unpredictable beasts. Let's talk about that--about Kilauea in particular.

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@geophysichick

6 years

@Brian_Hawkins Dude, don't rain on my bad-ass chick parade. :)

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4 years

I've accomplished almost nothing in quarantine. Very little research, I'm way behind in grading, and my house is rarely clean. But I did knit a sweater!!

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@geophysichick

5 years

Note that 12 seconds passes between the P and S wave arrivals (the S is the more violent). 12 seconds is enough time for many of these people to move to a safer location, or (preferably) drop, cover, and hold on. This is why we need earthquake early warning systems.

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4 years

OMG, people, check out these sushi trays and chopsticks that my husband made our family for Chanukah. He used unique woods and designs for each of us because they all have some special meaning that he associated with us. I'm so blown away!

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3 years

The shock wave is AMAZING.

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@geophysichick

5 years

The same is true if you see the ocean recede dramatically--some tsunami waves withdraw first (others do not!)

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6 years

@Infamous_PhD General Leia, yes. Princess Leia was tough and badass but not a critical part of the early battles.

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Of the thousands of generations of humans that have existed, only about four have had the privilege of seeing the earth from miles above its surface. And yet people in the window seat pull down the shade and stare at their phones. I tell you, it breaks my puny little heart.

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@Myrmecos 11 years ago, here's my boy at pre-k grad. I told him that I had his back, but he should know that people might laugh or tell him he looked like a girl. He thought about it, said "I'm okay with that", and chose the blue floral dress. ❤

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4 years

My daughter outdid herself on this birthday cake.

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@geophysichick

2 years

"As ocean crust cools The material gets dense Isostasy yields" (and yes, it should be lithosphere, not crust, but too many syllables so I'll forgive him)

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@geophysichick

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PKPPKP!! This is a P-wave that passes through Earth's mantle (where it's called P), through the outer core (K), back through the mantle (P), reflects off of the surface, returns through the mantle (P), core (K) and mantle again (P). PKPPKP. AND YOU CAN SEE IT!! So awesome.

Anthony Lomax 🌍 🇪🇺🇺🇦

@ALomaxNet

5 years

The large, M7.3 deep Banda Sea #earthquake show many, clear arrivals of energy from complex paths through the earth. Here, PKPPKP recorded in Kyrgyzstan bounced off the opposite side of the Earth and passed twice through the core.

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Hey #SeismoTwitter ! I propose that we do #SeismogramSaturday , to teach about the world of our wiggles. Feel free to pick your favorite (or least favorite) seismogram to tell us about. We'll do it next week too. I'll start. This is a normal little quake. Info follows:

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"Embryonic stretch Juvenile thins into birth Suturing unites"

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I'm on my way home from #AGU18 , and was thinking that many people may not know what goes on at a scientific conference. Hoping this thread will help explain what it's all about and how helpful conferences are to advancing good science. That's a poster session in the photo.

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@Jianhong_Guo @NBCNews Black bodies are not politics.

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@Nicole_Cliffe Casual runs in the family: My mother: John and I are thinking of getting married and I need you to stand up for me at the wedding. Can you do Thursday? Me: Um, Thursday's really bad. Can you do Wednesday? Mom [yelling]: John? Can we get married Wednesday?

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My husband and I have abandoned kids and dogs and escaped to a nearby Airbnb. I'm drinking wine and this is my view. I feel more alive than I have for, oh, about a year.

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This was such a great group of students, and I'm so grateful to them for making it an excellent quarter. ♥️

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4 years

Am I the only science geek who hadn't previously seen that Pennsylvania's county boundaries parallel the geology? 😍

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2 years

"A rift in deep blue, Plate 1 watches plate 2 leave and forms crust anew."

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3 years

I miss 320 ppm.

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3 years

I miss affordable gas.

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6 years

@marcorubio Imagine being a senator and having this bad of an understanding of both football and voting rights.

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4 years

53 today, with full-blown pandemic hair! Who's celebrating with me?

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5 years

[rant] Well friends, it's time for this week's edition of "No, @FoxNews , that's not how it works." Climb aboard as we debunk virtually every line of this article.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

3 years

Since there's always debate on this topic, I'll climb onto my soap box. Slab pull IS convection. Cold, negatively buoyant things are convection. So yes, convection drives PT, but not because hot material rises. That part is passive.

Luke Tayler

@geotayler

3 years

What causes the tectonic plates to move? A common misconception amongst KS4/5 students! Editable slide: Feedback/suggestions welcomed #geographyteacher

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

When you study submarine volcanoes, this is what passes for an interesting epicenter.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

3 years

The dog broke the fence yesterday. Later I heard power tools, and eventually wandered outside to this view: my 16 year old daughter taking it upon herself to fix the thing. Don't know what I did to be blessed with this independent and capable kid but damn, I'm grateful.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

3 years

If the answer isn't moose, you've never encountered a moose.

Hiking With Shawn

@hikingwithshawn

3 years

What’s the most intimidating wildlife you have ever encountered while recreating outdoors?

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

3 years

This gives a whole new meaning to Delta variant.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

In the years to come, I hope we remember that in 2020 teachers, janitors, nurses, grocery clerks, and now election poll workers, risked their lives for our safety and our democracy.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

With apologies for bragging, my 15 year old daughter just made these cakes for two graduation celebrations, and I'm blown away.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

Do you know what day it is today? IT'S EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS DAY!!! Do you know why? Buckle up, friends! Let's talk about earthquakes and earthquake prep in the Pacific NW!

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

I am in the middle of watching The Core with my Mantle Dynamics class and its the best thing ever.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

2 years

"I really like the equation for plate movement: cVb = cVa + aVb...because it reminds me that even if you don't have the exact answer to something you can infer the answer from what you do know. I think that's a pretty good reminder to have every now and then".

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

Okay Tweeps, it's time to break out the big guns. To help get you all through quarantine, I hereby present you with the most pathetic moment of my twins' childhood, the infamous Jam and Butter Incident.

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A bit of breakfast angst with my twins, aged 3.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

2 years

+1 point for optimism: "i. Missing homework 9 ii. Also missing homework 10 iii. Turning them in soon"

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

4 years

Life is freaking chaotic and weird right now, so can we just take a moment to enjoy this potted plant cake that my 15 year old daughter made for @volcmai ? Yep, that's all cake.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

11 months

Did you follow news of the Swiftquake, in which a seismometer in Seattle recorded ground shaking from the Taylor Swift concerts? Want to know how Beyonce's concert compares? I've got the scoop for you. 🧵

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach 🇺🇦 🌻

@geophysichick

5 years

Okay, #SeismoTwitter , it's (almost) #SeismogramSaturday ! I'll be offline for most of Saturday, so I'm posting a little early. Here's today's seismogram!

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