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Webdoodle is a 33 year old guy in a relationship from Missoula, Montana, USA.
Normally I can talk about myself all day, but put this little box in front of me and ask me to introduce myself to everyone, and I find I can't think of a thing. I'm a web application developer by trade, and a science enthusiast at heart.
Researchers Discover Unexpected Properties of Materials in Lowermost Mantle...
Sep 17, 10:17am    (1 review)  geoscience, mantle, superplumes  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Res...
From the page: "Materials deep inside Earth have unexpected atomic properties that might force earth scientists to revise their models of Earth's internal processes, a team of researchers has discovered."
Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics (5/13/2008)
May 13, 9:11am    (1 review)  geoscience, climate-change, plate-tectonics, crust, mantle  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Hot...
With locked crust, Earth could become another Venus
Duo develops framework for Earths interior (5/4/2008)
May 4, 8:56am    (1 review)  geoscience, plate-tectonics, crust, mantle  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Duo...
From the page: "A new model of inner Earth constructed by Arizona State University researchers pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion."
Geochemist Challenges Key Theory Regarding Earths Formation (5/2/2008)
May 2, 9:14am    (2 reviews)  geoscience, oceans, core, crust, mantle  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Geo...
From the page: "Working with colleagues from NASA, a Florida State University researcher has published a paper that calls into question three decades of conventional wisdom regarding some of the physical processes that helped shape the Earth as we know it today."
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Discovery Sheds Light on Mantle Formation...
Apr 13, 8:25am    (1 review)  geography, crust, mantle, north-american-plate, eurasian-plate  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Jou...
From the page: "Geologist unearths ancient rocks from ocean floor dating back two billion years"
Surprise On Journey To Center Of The Earth: Light Tectonic Plates Lead...
Feb 25, 9:06am    (1 review)  geoscience, volcanoes, plate-tectonics, mantle, fault-lines  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Sur...
The first direct evidence of how and when tectonic plates move into the deepest reaches of the Earth has been detailed in Nature. Scientists hope their description of how plates collide with one sliding below the other into the rocky mantle could potentially improve their ability to assess earthquake risks.
Magma And Volcanoes: Physicists Explain Dance Marathon Of Wispy Feature...
Feb 7, 9:01am    (1 review)  geoscience, volcanoes, hotspots, magma, mantle  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Mag...
From the page: "Theoretical physicists at the University of Chicago are suggesting how thin spouts of magma in the Earth's mantle can persist long enough to form hotspot volcanism of the type that might have created the Hawaiian Islands."
Earths getting soft in the middle (1/26/2008)
Jan 26, 9:11am    (2 reviews)  geoscience, mantle, seismic-instruments, seismic-waves  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Ear...
From the page: "Now a new study suggests that material in part of the lower mantle has unusual electronic characteristics that make sound propagate more slowly, suggesting that the material there is softer than previously thought"
Study May Solve Age-old Mystery of Missing Chemicals From Earths Mantle...
Dec 10, 2007 9:41am    (2 reviews)  geoscience, core, mantle, magman  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Stu...
From the page: "Observations about the early formation of Earth may answer an age-old question about why the planet's mantle is missing some of the matter that should be present"
Findings may reveal secret to interaction between Earths core and mantle...
Nov 28, 2007 3:39pm    (1 review)  geoscience, geology, core, mantle  http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Fin...
Graduate students research into deep Earth interactions has led to some important findings, particularly for someone so new to the field, and the scientific world is paying attention.