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?
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Posted on: August 19, 2008 7:54 AM, by Chris Rowan
Sorry for the sparse posting over the past few days - I'm about to depart on a trip back to my homeland, and because it's not just a holiday this time - I'm doing some lab work - I had some preparatory work to get through. Cutting lots of rock samples down into teeny tiny cubes so they'll fit in the machine I'm going to be using was a little bit fiddly and time-consuming, as it turned out.
Once I've set up back in the UK, I shall return with geopuzzly answers and other rambling. Stay tuned.
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Comments
That's right punk you better be heading home.
My ego needs 24 hour massaging and it seems you just can't get the people these days...
Even the chief examiner copped out by referring to me as "Jeremy M"
Posted by: Jez Rowan | August 19, 2008 9:41 PM
P.s
If you're reading this at home using my internet connection I think now would be a good time to bring up the £2.50/min surcharge I have now implemented on all WiFi access in the house.
Happy surfing!
Posted by: Jez Rowan | August 19, 2008 9:46 PM
It's a fossil cliff hanger, genus cragappendius.
Posted by: eddie | September 5, 2008 8:01 PM