This week is turning out to be one of the busiest weeks I've experienced in a while -- so, I'm going to be super-lame and recycle an old post for the latest Accretionary Wedge geoscience blog carnival ...

The theme for this month's geoscience blog carnival, The Accretionary Wedge #9, is to discuss a significant geologic event. What event (or period, or feature) of Earth history has had an effect on you ...

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American An "Accretionary wedge" is formed from ...