Category Archives: interior of the Earth

Sinkholes

Dear Readers It is regarding the earlier post Msterious cracks…….. One Earth_Science_India group member Dr. Raed Ahmad has suggested tht these cracks are sinkholes. I am Publishing what he posted. Sinkholes are common where the rock below the land surface … Continue reading

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Mysterious Cracks in India

On Earth_Science_India group on Yahoo Rameshji posted photographs of  cracks in banda, Hamirpur, and Allahabad in India. These cracks are widespread, they are wide and also up to extent of 100 m or so. It will be intersting to find … Continue reading

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Plate Tectonic , Plate Boundaries and Mid Oceanic Ridge

Plate tectonics is a theory dealing with the dynamics of the Earth’s outer shell, the lithosphere. Resting on a broad synthesis of geologic and geophysical data, it dominates current thinking in the Earth sciences. According to the theory, the lithosphere … Continue reading

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Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy – literally heat from the earth – is a clean and versatile natural resource for the world’s steadily increasing energy needs. GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES When the rising hot water and steam is trapped in permeable and porous rocks under … Continue reading

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