Robin Duncan Wylie

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Using gravity anomaly to estimate crustal thickness

Dear all, I have a gravity anomaly map, Bouguer and terrain corrected, from which I wish to estimate the crustal thickness. Is there a standard formula with which I could do this? (Given an...

06 June 2017 9,995 4 View

Any suggestions on propagating uncertainties when calculating the mean?

Hello all, I simply have five quantities, each with an associated uncertainty, and wish to calculate the mean and its associated uncertainty. The quantities are: 102.70±0.02, 102.71±0.02,...

16 November 2015 7,505 4 View

Which animals can see the most extreme wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation - i.e. whose eyes are sensitive furthest into the UV or IR spectrum?

I'm also interested in any "special" senses that animals have, in a similar vein to birds' ability to sense magnetic fields.

07 August 2015 2,206 8 View

Can anyone refer me to publications which report precursory magnetic field anomalies before earthquakes?

I know that positive electric charge is supposed to accumulate before seismic failure, but have not found specifics on magnetic anomalies.

03 February 2014 2,928 17 View

Melt Inclusions: What do their volume and shape tell us?

I have recently performed X-ray micro-tomography on an olivine phenocryst from a Mount Etna basalt, and have successfully imaged a contained large glass inclusion (100um length). I would like to...

14 January 2014 6,075 7 View

X-Ray Tomography of Melt Inclusions: Publication Route for Methods Paper?

I have recently performed X-Ray computed tomography on a (single) melt inclusion within an olivine phenocryst from lava from Mount Etna volcano. I wish to prepare a methods/proof of concept paper,...

06 January 2014 2,945 4 View