https://www.cntraveler.com/story/appalachian-mountains-may-have-once-been-as-tall-as-the-himalayas

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    • calculusqu33n@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Not sure if my username gave it away or not, but I’m really into applied mathematics. I’m a physics major right now, & while I don’t immediately see myself studying this in grad school, I think that the physics of Volcanism/Plate Tectonics is extremely fascinating. It certainly looks at the history of the world through a very different lens, but I wouldn’t write it off completely!! The physics of our Earth is a beautiful, beautiful thing. :)

      • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months ago

        Yeah! Geomag, tomography, and dating are all really important tools, and magma dynamics is a whole encyclopedia waiting to be written. So cool!

      • fossilesque@mander.xyz
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        11 months ago

        Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.

        Terry Pratchett

        https://www.motionmountain.net/motionmountain-volume5.pdf