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Montmorillonite Clay

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Montmorillonite is a very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals that typically form in microscopic crystals, forming a clay. It is named after Montmorillon in France. Montmorillonite, a member of the smectite family, is a 2:1 clay, meaning that it has … Continue reading →

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Synthetic Aperture Radar Using ‘Inflation’ Monitoring could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

The world’s deadliest and largest volcanic eruptions happen in Indonesia. Future eruptions in this jungle-filled region could be better predicted by using satellite radar to detect swelling magma near the summit of those volcanoes, a new study suggests. To search … Continue reading →

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Spiral Lava Flow On Mars!!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

High-resolution photos of lava flows on Mars show coiling spiral patterns  resembling snail or nautilus shells. The discovery, made by Arizona State University graduate student Andrew Ryan, was published in a paper published April 27, 2012, in the scientific journal Science.The new discovery is the … Continue reading →

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Cleveland volcano in Alaska Could Erupt at Any Moment

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has issued an eruption advisory for the 5,676 foot-tall Cleveland Volcano, located on the uninhabited island of Chuginadak in the Aleutian chain about 940 miles southwest of Anchorage. The advisory was based on “thermal anomalies” detected … Continue reading →

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