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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    1 year 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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      1 year 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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      1 year ago

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

      Terry Pratchett

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