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G.C. Herman's Earth-Science books and blogs

Punctuated Tectonic Equilibrium  Cover   


Video 

 A video short showing geological aspects of the Sterling Hill Zinc Mine 2025-06-03


Astroblemes of the Great Lakes region

Structural and geophysical aspects of some known and suspected astroblemes of the Great Lakes region, North America 2025-03-05  


2024 Central NJ Earthquake swarm

 Structural, tectonic and other aspects of the 2024 earthquake swarm in Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset Counties, New Jersey  2024-08-22


Lunar impact tectogenesis

The structure of lunar, multi-ringed astroblemes with tectonic implications for Mars and Earth 2024-04-04  


Ordos Basin

The Carboniferous Ordos Astrobleme (~308 Ma) and China's Hydrocarbon Basinss 2023-10-222  


Slide 27

Structure of Earth's Mantle Plumes and Core Accretion 2023-01-26  


Geodynamo

A 4-minute video showing the structure of Earth's Geodynamo 2022-12-22  


Earth's magnetic field

 A 4-minute video showing Earth magnetic field and mantle plumes. 2022-10-11 (Here's a musical version)


 Passive drift, wrinkling crust, and cracking plutons of the New York Recess, USA 2022-05-19


Nazca site

 Aspects of a Nasca Hillside Ceremony Site used for 'Moche Toss' 2022-05-19


Magnetic Vredefort

The Vredefort astrobleme, mantle plumes, core pipes, and tectonic-plate drift 2022-05-12


Impact experiment

Impact experiments using and an air pistol, steel projectile, and 60mm glass balls 2021-07-26  


2021-10-10 image icon Earth's mantle as an electromagnetic-field component, with implications for geomagnetic reversals

2021-06-24 image icon One bad period on Earth about 800,000 B.P.

2021-02-09 image icon Return to Devil's Gate

2021-01-16 image icon Some physical aspects of the Giza pyramids: Old-Kingdom Science and Engineering

2020-11-03 image icon 877MB mp4 Geological Society of America 14-minute Nazca-Line video 

2020-10-29 image icon The hydrogeological and tectonic nature of the Nazca Lines

2020-07-12 image icon Old Pacific mayhem; three suspected bolide-impact events of Cretaceous age with global consequences

2020-02-12 image icon Impact Tectonics; beyond the Craters

2019-09-11 image icon A 3D SketchUp and Google Earth Model of The Yellowstone Calderas and Farallon Plate

2014-03-05 image icon Earth Continental Geology by Era and Sea-Floor physiography for Google Earth

2010-07-29 image icon Far-Field Bolide-Impact Strains on Earth

2008-08-25 image icon 2 Known and 6 Suspected Large-Bolide Impacts on Earth and Tectonic-Plate Drift

2007-11-05 image icon Plate splitting impact in the Congo Basin, bedrock geology, plate motions, and diamonds


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