Muhammad Bilal Hussain

Young Marine Scientist at unimib, Climate activist, Paleontologist, Sedimentologist, Pal-oceanographer, Marine geologist.

[Geology Bits of Knowledge @geologyBits]

🟥 ⛏️ 🔎 The exceptional erythrite crystals from Bou Azer, Morocco, owe their existence to an intricate combination of prehistoric tectonic activity and severe chemical weathering.
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🔁 ❤️ Greatly Appreciated

The Souss-Massa-Draa region contains a rare Neoproterozoic ophiolite sequence that is highly enriched with deep-seated nickel, cobalt, and arsenic minerals.

Over millions of years, tectonic fracturing allowed meteoric waters carrying dissolved oxygen to penetrate deep into these primary skutterudite and safflorite vein systems.

This supergene oxidation process systematically broke down the primary cobalt arsenide ores, stripping away metallic bonds and releasing free cobalt and arsenate ions into the localized groundwater solutions.

As these mineral-rich fluids migrated toward the surface and pooled within the vadose zone, changes in temperature, acidity, and evaporation triggered rapid crystallization.

Erythrite forms under a distinct monoclinic crystal system, utilizing its unique chemical structure to link sheets of cobalt-oxygen octahedra together with arsenate tetrahedra and trapped water molecules.

This exact atomic arrangement results in its characteristic perfect cleavage and distinct flexible, needle-like acicular habits.

The legendary, highly saturated crimson hue that sets the Bou Azer locality apart is a direct result of transition metal chemistry, specifically the way the localized cobalt ions absorb light when hydrated in this precise crystal lattice.
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#Mineralogy

[NASA @NASA]

Sparkly, swirly, and surprising 🌌

@ChandraXray data shows that this galaxy, Messier 83, is unusual. Over 20 of its supernova remnants – remains from star explosions – vary drastically in X-ray brightness. Typically, the remnants' brightness would fade slowly over time.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Natural oil seeps occur when hydrocarbons from underground source rocks migrate to the surface, forming visible crude oil, tar, or gas emissions.

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

@CMComplaintCell یں وزیرِاعظم پاکستان جناب شہباز شریف، وزیرِاعلیٰ پنجاب محترمہ مریم نواز اور SHO تھانہ اسلامپورہ سے پرزور اپیل کرتا ہوں کہ اس معاملے کی فوری اور شفاف تحقیقات یقینی بنائیں اور ہمیں تحفظ فراہم کریں
@SaimaFarooq @MaryamNSharif @CMComplaintCell

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

@CMComplaintCell درخواست ہے کہ فوری طور پر اس معاملے کا نوٹس لیا جائے، ذمہ دار افراد کے خلاف قانون کے مطابق کارروائی کی جائے، اور میرے خاندان کی جان و مال کے تحفظ کو یقینی بنایا جائے تاکہ آئندہ کسی ناخوشگوار واقعے سے بچا جا سکے۔
پتہ: چوہان پارک، اسلامپورہ، لاہور
تھانہ: تھانہ اسلامپورہ.

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

@CMComplaintCell اس وقت ہمیں یہ بھی محسوس ہو رہا ہے کہ پولیس کی جانب سے مذکورہ وکیل کے دباؤ کے تحت ہم پر غیر ضروری دباؤ ڈالا جا رہا ہے اور انصاف کے عمل میں رکاوٹ پیدا کی جا رہی ہے۔تمام ویڈیوز اور شواہد موجود ہیں اور متعلقہ حکام کو فراہم کیے جا چکے ہیں۔
@CMComplaintCell @GovtofPunjabPK

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

@CMComplaintCell بعد ازاں جب میرے والد اور چھوٹے بھائی نے مدد کے لیے 15 پر کال کی، تو پولیس کی موجودگی کے باوجود چار افراد اور ان کے والد نے میرے والد اور بھائی پر تشدد کیا۔ مزید یہ کہ اس واقعے میں شامل افراد میں ایک وکیل بھی شامل ہے، جو مبینہ طور پر یہ کہتا ہے کہ اس کے خلاف کوئی کارروائی نہیں ہو

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

@CMComplaintCell @MaryamNSharif

موضوع: تشدد، جان سے مارنے کی دھمکیاں، اور فوری تحفظ و قانونی کارروائی کی درخواست

میں اپنے خاندان کے ساتھ پیش آنے والے ایک انتہائی سنگین واقعے پر انصاف اور تحفظ کی مؤدبانہ درخواست کرتا ہوں۔

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

@CMComplaintCell I already stated my issue in the DM of this account. Can I get justice?

[Chief Minister’s Complaint Cell @CMComplaintCell]

وزیراعلی شکایت سیل

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

@CMComplaintCell
@igpunjab72
@MaryamNSharif @DCLahore
موضوع: تشدد، جان سے مارنے کی دھمکیاں، اور فوری تحفظ و قانونی کارروائی کی درخواست

میں اپنے خاندان کے ساتھ پیش آنے والے ایک انتہائی سنگین واقعے پر انصاف اور تحفظ کی مؤدبانہ درخواست کرتا ہوں۔

[Dr Juliet Turner @juliet_turner6]

Sometimes waiting for the mining bees to come out of their burrows takes quite a lot of patience…

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

@DarjaDankina Is it a belemnite specie?

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

Anyone who can help me in finding resources related t Late Jurassic-upper cretaceous benthic biozonation. Specifically from Oxfordian to Valanganian. I am working on black shales of this age from Eastern Tethys. Upper Indus basin, Pakistan.
#benthic #Cretaceous #biostartigraphy.

[Muhammad Bilal Hussain @Muhamma19987674]

Hiking at Xishan Hikinv Park, Beijing. #Beijing #Xishanpark

[Leon @MindMatterMoney]

My type of rich.

[冠龍 諸々を執筆中（遅） @Guanlong_wucaii]

"Vertebrate Burrows from Triassic and Jurassic Continental Deposits of North America and Antarctica: Their Paleoenvironmental and Paleoecological Significance"
(Stephen T. Hasiotis, et al. 2004)

三畳紀～ジュラ紀の脊椎動物 (獣弓類など) の巣穴
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[paleoneoliberal @armsq17]

Here are some of the papers that take it apart:

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[Science girl @sciencegirl]

You are looking at the echo of a creature that lived 190 million years ago.

An Asteroceras ammonite is an extinct marine animal from the early Jurassic period. It is related to modern creatures like squid and octopus, but unlike them, it had a coiled, spiral shell.

At places like Charmouth Beach, part of the famous Jurassic Coast in the UK, you are walking over rocks that were once ancient seabeds. This ammonite would have lived in a warm, shallow sea, surrounded by other prehistoric life.

📹charmouthfossils

[Geology Bits of Knowledge @geologyBits]

🟥 ⛏️ Bozhira Valley in Kazakhstan is a striking window into ancient marine geology, carved into the chalk and limestone of the Ustyurt Plateau.
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🔁 ❤️ Greatly Appreciated

These rocks were deposited during the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene periods when this region lay beneath the shallow Tethys Ocean.

Over millions of years, the accumulation of microscopic calcite shells from marine organisms lithified into soft, white chalk, later exposed and sculpted by wind erosion into sharp ridges and isolated towers.

At the center stands Mount Bokty, a layered butte composed primarily of limestone, marl, and clay-rich sediments.

Its horizontal banding reflects shifts in depositional environments, from calm carbonate seas to periods of increased terrigenous input.

Iron oxide staining gives parts of Bokty its subtle reddish hues, while evaporite minerals such as gypsum can be found in surrounding strata, hinting at episodes of restricted, evaporating basins.

The entire landscape is rich with fossil remnants, including foraminifera and mollusks, preserving a detailed record of its marine past.
#BozhiraValley
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