Writing in the geoblogosphere (week of August 23-29, 2010)

This week-in-review idea continues to evolve so bear with me. To help focus what I put in this weekly digest I’m going to highlight posts that include some interesting writing. I’m also going to limit myself to five:

• Check out this epic post from one of Callan Bentley’s students on Mountain Beltway to learn about the geology of Glacier National Park in Montana.
• Chris Rowan from Highly Allochthonous discusses a new paper documenting the fascinating interaction of a subducting slab with a continental hot-spot mantle plume.
• Michael Welland from Through the Sandglass writes about the ephemerality of islands made of shifting sand and the challenges of making maps of such transient features.
• Jessica Ball from Magma Cum Laude posts about her trip to the island of Montserrat and Soufriere Hills volcano, providing some nice background on the geology.
• Speaking of volcanoes, Garry Hayes from Geotripper discusses kipukas (islands of land surrounded by young lava flows) in Hawai’i and how they can become unique collections of various plants and animals.

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