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Dr Ian G. Stimpson. Seismologist, geophysicist and structural geologist at Keele University, U.K.
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The Out Campaign

Accretionary Wedge #19: Yes, we have a banana

It’s accretionary wedge time again an this month Dino Jim is asking us to ‘think outside the box’ when teaching geology. I seem to detect a food theme developing.

Here is a quick piece on using a banana as an analogue for rock deformation in general, and fault propagation folding in particular.

First take your banana and [...]