Christine Laverne - Georges Bronner
The passion of watercolor at the service of geology
How can we explain the presence of oceanic crust rocks in the French mountains? How can we decipher their long history, from their birth in the oceans, their burial at great depths, and then their rise? Brought to depths and temperatures different from those at which they were born, these rocks react to... Read more...
What does the subsurface of the abyss look like? What are the nature and structure of the materials that compose it? What devices have been invented to observe this immense territory, long inaccessible to geologists and geographers? This underwater Terra Incognita covers two-thirds of the Earth's surface. There is enough to stimulate... Read more...
Deep ocean drilling is one of the great scientific adventures of the twentieth century, one that has contributed to understanding how our planet works and validating the plate tectonics model. Between 1979 and 2005, the drilling of the two reference sections of the oceanic crust in the Pacific Ocean has … Read more…
For over two centuries, volcanoes have been the subject of detailed scientific study, the results of which are now widely known, thanks to film and television. Despite this, volcanic activity still seems quite mysterious and gives rise to many misconceptions. However, the natural mechanisms that cause volcanic eruptions are... Read more...
