Vaguely Informed Commentary From the Wide World of Earth Science
Chris Rowan is a geologist specialising in the dark arts of paleomagnetism, and getting people to pay him to travel to exotic destinations for fieldwork. Having drilled up New Zealand during his PhD, he is now a post-doc at the University of Johannesburg.
What the heck does 'Highly Allochthonous' mean?
April 25, 2008
Category: bloggery
I'm off into the field again for a week. Since the geoblogging around here has been fairly light of late, you might not even miss me. Hopefully, a bit of fieldwork is just what I need to get me out...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 11:17 AM • 0 Comments •
April 22, 2008
Category: environment
Connect a bit more with the planet: not just today, but every day.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 10:08 AM • 6 Comments •
April 21, 2008
Category: bloggery
You may or may not have noticed a new addition to the row of tabs just beneath my banner. The 'Rock Gallery' is a new way I'm trying out of showing what's in the archives, taking advantage of the fact...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 10:42 AM • 3 Comments •
April 17, 2008
Category: geohazards
What's the most accurate method of estimating the size of asteroids associated with past impact events?
Posted by Chris Rowan at 10:18 AM • 4 Comments •
April 15, 2008
Category: environment
Pretty pictures chart ecosystem recovery in Bikini atoll
Posted by Chris Rowan at 11:52 AM • 11 Comments •
April 14, 2008
Category: bloggery
The geopuns just keep coming - the inaugural geology 'podclast' has just gone up over at goodSchist. Your hosts Chris Town and Ron Schott discuss the recent volcanic activity on Kilauea, the latest bout of navel gazing stirred up by...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 9:41 AM • 1 Comments •
April 11, 2008
Category: bloggery
Sorry for the lack of activity this week - my mental energies have been fully engaged by events in the Real World over the past few days, and as a consequence I haven't managed to focus well enough to write...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 8:57 AM • 2 Comments •
April 8, 2008
Category: geopuzzling
The outcrop that I gave you to ponder on Friday is pretty strange, but I can assure you that this isn't a wall: Most of you correctly guessed that the dark fragments are composed of a mafic (basalt-esque) igneous rock,...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 9:11 AM • 3 Comments •
April 7, 2008
Category: bloggery
If you're bored with the recent metabloggery here (don't worry, I'm done, and with 'nary a mention of the F-word), you could do much worse than to head over to The Dynamic Earth, where Eric has been posting an excellent...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 7:32 AM • 0 Comments •
April 5, 2008
Category: bloggery
Is my blogging undermining my scientific credibility
Posted by Chris Rowan at 10:02 AM • 9 Comments •
