Saltation
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The winds of change have caught a-hold of our little blog and dropped it down into its own domain. Please join us.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 7:35 AM • 1 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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Unconformity
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After some discussion, Anne and I are putting Highly Allochthonous on hiatus whilst we consider our future here on Scienceblogs. This decision is not made lightly. But the events of the last 24 hours have forced us to consider...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 6:15 PM • 19 Comments •
Dear readers: tell us about yourself
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Delurk for just one day and give us some feedback. Please?
Posted by Chris Rowan at 8:30 AM • 32 Comments •
Accretionary Wedge Call For Posts: Geo-Image Bonanza!
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We want to amass a gallery of all of your favorite geologically-themed pictures.
Posted by Anne Jefferson at 6:15 PM • 37 Comments •
Research Blogging likes us
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They like us! They really like us!
Posted by Chris Rowan at 6:15 PM • 6 Comments •
Is tweeting bad for blogging?
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Is there a "Twitter divide", and if there is, what can we do about it?
Posted by Chris Rowan at 4:04 PM • 17 Comments •
Where I've been
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It's been a bit quiet around these parts since I posted on the Haiti earthquake. Those of you following me on Twitter know that at that point I was actually spending a few days exploring New York: its parks,...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 3:35 PM • 2 Comments •
A new theory on what powers the Earth's magnetic field
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I have, in the past, tried to explain how the Earth's magnetic field is generated by convection in the Earth's molten outer core. Here, in Scotland, however, it seems that they have their own ideas (sorry for the poor...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 12:47 PM • 8 Comments •
To our amazing readers, we are humbled. Post requests are now open.
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Geoblog readers are truly amazing. Between you, you gave $8660, making earth science a hands-on reality for 1270 students. Forty-three of you, with a little help from HP, gave more than readers of any other ScienceBlog. Thank you. Your generosity...
Posted by Anne Jefferson at 9:59 AM • 3 Comments •
ScienceOnline 2010: geobloggers required
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Registration is now open for ScienceOnline2010, the fourth annual science communicators conference, being held January 14-17 next year in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina. Please join us for this free (but donations are accepted) three-day event...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 12:20 PM • 1 Comments •
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