Category Archives: Mesozoic

Scenic Saturday: Echoes of Mary Anning

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

On March 9th, 1847, the world lost a great scientist to breast cancer. She was poor, lacked formal education, and practiced a minority religion, but she had a keen eye and mind that helped see things that others couldn’t and … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, by Anne, fossils, Mesozoic, outcrops

Does plate tectonics control magnetic reversals?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Possibly, but this paper will not convince you. Continue reading →

Categories: Cenozoic, geophysics, Mesozoic, palaeomagic, tectonics

Pangaea Day, geology-style

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Chris Rowan

A brief geographic trip into the late Triassic.
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Categories: deep time, geology, Mesozoic, past worlds

The Indian plate’s days as a Cretaceous boy-racer

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Does the thickness of a tectonic plate control its speed?
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Categories: geology, geophysics, Mesozoic, paper reviews, tectonics