User talk:YuweiHGeo/sandbox
Reflection
editWell, that's completely different from what I imagined before I did this page. I think this more likely be a technological page rather than a geological knowledge page. However, I like the GIFs I made.
The citations are mainly from some certain review papers (such as I cited 21 times of the first paper, that means I mainly worked on this paper). Rest of the references are single citations (maybe they are just showing as examples in the explanation, even not use an idea from the paper.) I haven't written much in the application part, and most of them seem to be explaining the model setting. I don't know what else should I write in this part.
Peer Feedback from Michelle
editHi Yuwei, here are my suggestions:
- For the material section, you may consider using a table for organizing the materials used in analogue modelling for easy visualization instead of a paragraph, for example:
Material properties | Material used | Actual layer represented |
---|---|---|
Low linear viscous | water and sugar solution, etc. | Mantle |
High linear viscous | syrup and silicone putty, etc. | Ductile lithosphere |
...... | ...... | ...... |
- I think you may expend your Experimental Apparatus section by introducing more machines used in analogue modelling other than the lateral compression machine.
- There are some minor grammar mistakes, such as the sentence in the last paragraph of the Materials section: “For the different property of layering, different material chooses.” could be changed to “....,different materials are chosen”.
Best,
Feedback from Giovanni
editLove your graphics, illustrative, well-scaled and informative. Well structured and, for the most part, easy to read. Some suggestion:
1. Avoid using long paragraphs.
2. Check your citations carefully.
3. When you make a reference within your own page, you can link it so the reader is just one click away from seeing your point.
Feedback from Jupiter
editYour page about "Analogue Modelling (Geology)" is well organized with the good use of animation.
Here are some suggestions:
1. You have used some animation to illustrate modelling. It may be a good idea to include analogue real examples with the animations, such as an image of rock folding or thrust fault with the lateral compression animation, and an image of a caldera with the analogue model of the formation. In this case, the readers can directly relate the animated model with the actual geology.
2. In the "Scaling" section, it is good that you included a bunch of equations in explaining the similarity with definitions of parameters. For example, "the length of a natural prototype is (n=1, 2, 3…) and the angle is ".If there is a page in Wikipedia giving a more detail explanation, such as Cauchy's equation, you may want to put a hyperlink to that page.
3. Citations are missing in the latter part of your page, which you may want to edit that later.
Feedback from Justin
editHere are some comments:
- The gif of material could label the material the model used.
- Some citations are missing. In material part, you mention "The granular materials (various in density, shape, and size) (such as quartz sand, glass, and feldspar power [1] ) normally simulate the brittle upper crust. [8] "
- Including more hyperlinks.
- The example is so abstract, could you add a more complex example to show how sandbox modeling could help the scientists reconstruct the tectonic history of our earth. Some classical examples are preferred. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justinbl (talk • contribs) 03:44, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Feedback from Kevin on 20/11
editHi Yuwei,
I like the structure of your page - it guides me well to understand the general flow of this page. Equations, photos, GIFs and tables are used in assist with word prevention, which makes things much more interesting and easy to understand.
Here are some of my suggestions:
1. The GIFs are very clear to me. However, would it be clearer if some annotations on its kinematic are added to the GIF? Other readers may not be able to match the GIF with the descriptions below.
2. More comparisons can be made with other modelling methods to highlight its goods and bads, which can give readers a clear idea of different aspects of this method in comparison to others.
3. The mathematical expressions in scaling part are a bit difficult to understand.
Kevnmh (talk) 04:28, 20 November 2018 (UTC)