Christmas gifts for geologists: the emergency option
Category: gifts and gadgets
It might seem pathetic, but...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 1:17 PM • 6 Comments •
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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, and South Africa in his first post-doc, he now works at the University of Edinburgh.
Anne Jefferson has a love of all things water-related and blends hydrology, geomorphology, geology, and climate change in her work. She has a Ph.D. from Oregon State University and is now an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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What do you know about the Snowball Earth?
Category: public science
An informal poll - please respond.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 10:48 AM • 70 Comments •
December 18, 2008
Christmas gifts for geologists: maps
Category: gifts and gadgets
Maps are cool. Even non geological ones.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 3:56 PM • 4 Comments •
Publication and Publicity
Category: publication
What's a science blogger to do when the media is awash with stories about a paper that hasn't been published yet? This was the dilemma I was faced with last week when I started reading stories about Watt el al.'s...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 9:30 AM • 4 Comments •
December 17, 2008
Rattle, then boom, in the Andes
Category: geology
Do you get more volcanic eruptions in the aftermath of large earthquakes? Sometimes.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 10:38 AM • 5 Comments •
Don't these people look where they're drilling?
Category: geology
Honest, guv - that magma chamber came out of nowhere!
Posted by Chris Rowan at 6:05 AM • 13 Comments •
December 14, 2008
Geologists' 100 things meme
Category: bloggery
What have I seen on the geology 'must see' list?
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December 12, 2008
Christmas gifts for geologists: toughen up your gear
Category: fieldwork
Other suggestions: [Beverages] [Cameras] [Maps] The field is no place for equipment that needs to be coddled; anything that is not at least moderately proof against rain, dust, and drops is going to quickly become dead weight. One option is...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 1:08 PM • 3 Comments •
December 11, 2008
Geologists' favourite places
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The latest edition of the geoblogging carnival The Accretionary Wedge.
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Lusi: before and now
Category: geohazards
Images from an extreme landscape makeover.
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