Given what we’ve been talking about in general, I think our classification system should put less emphasis on topography if it’s harder to find patterns in that. The earthquake map gives some good classifications for general boundaries, and we can certify unique boundaries using the other geologic features.

The earthquake map was a fairly good outline of the plates on its own. I think it would make a fair substitute for the plate boundaries if we didn’t have that information. What part of the pacific plate was confusing? The map we were given doesn’t show every plate on Earth, as it would probably get too crowded, so looking at a more complete map…[Read more]

Here are my observations. They might be a bit long-winded. I can cut them down if needed.

1. a. Volcanoes are not present at all boundaries. b. The majority of volcanoes at contintental plate boundaries trend towards following the edge of the landmass, and most of the volcanoes move further inland rather than outwards to the ocean, as is seen at…[Read more]

While I don’t have any kind of similar population where I am, I can imagine that many people in one place would create traffic problems regardless of the kinds of services they were trying to get to. If you can’t make larger parking lots because of the dense urban planning then there will be plenty of traffic issues with that too. I think you have…[Read more]

Your hypothesis about the mechanism to make these potholes seems very accurate! It aligns with what I would assume to be the cause of those potholes as well. If you wanted to expand on this thought, it might be a good idea to consider what materials your roads are built on top of, and if that material is susceptible to erosion or is otherwise more…[Read more]

In the past week, there has been a lot of snow here in New York, and upstate where I am we’ve felt it especially hard. My driveway has been packed with snow, but I’ve noticed some interesting things about the qualities of the snow and how it packs. In general, when water accumulates on top of a layer of snow, it forms a fairly thin layer of ice.…[Read more]

Hi Shaham. I look forward to seeing how sustainable energy develops. There are a lot of studies involved with it, and I am sure that there is a lot you can do in the field of mechanical engineering in regards to that. There is a lot of work to be done on reducing pollution.

Cooking is a very fulfilling hobby! As an offshoot from geology, I recommend you look at mineralogy. That might just be because of my chemistry background but it might be something to get more into especially since rock composition is closely connected to rock formation. Though I don’t know if you would describe rocks the same way you would…[Read more]

My name is Arthur Egel, as it should say to the left of this post, and my pronouns are formally he/him/his but it doesn’t matter which you use for me.

I am a junior undergraduate and my major is in general chemistry without a specialization.

I’m from Brooklyn though I live upstate now. Recently I’ve been getting into model building.

After…[Read more]