Guest Thinkers — September 1, 2010

Interview on the Reef Tank

Water and volcanism! Read what I have to say about this and other matters in my interview in ‘The Reef Tank’.

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I haven’t done too many interviews in my day, so this was kind of fun. Wander on over to The Reef Tank and you can read my interview – mostly about the role of water in its many forms on Earth in understanding magmatism and volcanism. Thanks to Ava from The Reef Blog for the interview!

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