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Christina Rhodes, BS, is an earth science writer on the editorial staff at Biology Insights. A certified public high school teacher, Rhodes still supervises student geology fieldwork each semester. She received her undergraduate degree in earth science education.

What Is the Difference Between Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism?Earth & Space
What Evidence Supports the Theory of Seafloor Spreading?Earth & Space
Why Do Magmas Rise Toward Earth’s Surface?Earth & Space
The Great Oxidation Event: How Oxygen Changed Early Earth Earth & Space
Is Pumice a Felsic or Mafic Rock?Earth & Space
What Evidence Supports the Theory of Plate Tectonics?Earth & Space
Is the Earth’s Core Cooling? Scientific Evidence Explained Earth & Space
What Is Deep Time? Explaining Earth’s Vast Geological Scale Earth & Space
What Is Paleomagnetism and How Does It Work?Earth & Space
What Happens When Magma Cools During the Rock Cycle?Earth & Space
What Is a Slab Pull and How Does It Drive Plate Tectonics?Earth & Space
What Is the Asthenosphere and Why Is It Important?Earth & Space
How Were the Earth’s Layers Formed?Earth & Space
How Does Convection Cause Tectonic Plates to Move?Earth & Space
What Are Thrombolites and Why Are They Important?Earth & Space
What Is a Metamorphic Aureole and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
How Does Sedimentary Rock Form Into Metamorphic?Earth & Space
What Was the Oxygen Level During the Dinosaurs?Earth & Space
What Is a Mantle Plume and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
Where Does Mercury in Nature Come From?Environment
Why Is the Oceanic Crust Easily Broken Through?Earth & Space
What Are Grains in Rocks and How Do They Form?Earth & Space
What Is Subduction? Process, Effects, and Zones Earth & Space
Why Is It Hard to See Glacial Erosion in Action?Earth & Space
How Does a Trench Form at a Convergent Boundary?Earth & Space
How Hot Is the Lithosphere? Temperature With Depth Earth & Space
Why Can Diamonds Form in the Mantle?Earth & Space
What Is a Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock?Earth & Space
How Does Schistosity Develop in a Metamorphic Rock?Earth & Space
What Does Mafic Mean in Geology?Earth & Space