Minerals in Apollo 15 basalts as insights to lava flow processes on the Moon

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The Apollo 15 mission landed astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irvine onto the surface of the Moon on the 30th July 1971. The mission visited an area on the nearside of the Moon, to the SW corner of the Imbrium … Continue reading →

From Chile to Manchester, and beyond! A lab season at the University of Cambridge

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I’m Javiera, a 2nd year PhD student, originally from Santiago, Chile. I studied my undergrad in Geology at the University of Chile, having the Andes as my training yard. I first came to Manchester in 2015 during my undergrad for … Continue reading →

A place in the sun, geology edition: Fieldwork on El Hierro, Canary Islands

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The island of El Hierro, which is the least populated, smallest, and youngest member of the Canary Islands, has been in the spotlight of scientists working on ocean island basalts in the last couple of years. (Ocean island basalts are … Continue reading →