Writer: Adam Bobbette

DMJ – The Sound of Magma: Geographies of Infrasound, Vibrating Bodies, and Representing the Earth

DMJ – The Sound of Magma: Geographies of Infrasound, Vibrating Bodies, and Representing the Earth

Adam Bobbette

What does the inside of the earth sound like? Do continental margins have a signature key? Does magma whistle? These questions preoccupied the scientist Frank Perret in the early 20th century as he sought to develop the new science of volcanology. For Perret, though, listening to the earth was not… Read More