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Last updated on September 2nd, 2010
| Post-Glacial Modifications to the Cairngorms Landscape: Click here |
| Scotland's Cairngorm mountains are a bleak plateau carved by ice in the last Ice Age. Many erosive processes continue to modify the landscape. |
| The Geological Setting of the Island of Sumatra, Indonesia: Click here |
| Known for some of the world's most destructive earthquakes and for its many volcanoes, the natural hazards of Sumatra are a consequence of geology. |
| Mount Sinabung Erupts in Sumatra After 400 Years: Some Facts: Click here |
| Sumatra's Mount Sinabung has erupted after centuries of calm, little is known about the volcano's eruptive history or possible patterns of future activity. |
| The Geology of the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland: Click here |
| Scotland's Cairngorm Mountains are the result of millions of years of earth-changing geological processes, involving mountain building and destruction. |
| The Geology of the Moon: Click here |
| The Earth's Moon is made of much of the same material as the Earth - moslty igneous material. |
| Supervolcanoes of the Solar System: Click here |
| Volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io, are the largest in the Solar System. Current eruptions on Io would cause mass extinctions here on Earth. |
| Saline intrusion: the salinification of coastal aquifers: Click here |
| The pollution of coastal aquifers by saline intrusion has the potential to render water supplies unfit for consumption. |
| What is an Aquifer?: Click here |
| An aquifer is a rock that stores ground water and allows water to flow in sufficient quantities that it can be used as a natural resource. |
| How to Hunt for Meteorites: Click here |
| Meteorites can be found everywhere but are extremely rare; knowing where to look and having the right tools to search will help greatly in the search. |
| Fluorescent Minerals: Click here |
| There are a few minerals that fluoresce when looked at under a longwave or shortwave UV source of light. |