Monthly Archives: March 2007

10 weird things about me

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Chris Rowan

My new Sciblings Janet and Chad have brought that rare thing, an interesting meme, to my attention. I’m also thinking that it’s an opportunity to give you a feel for my personality beyond my belief that giving my blog a … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery

The dampness within

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Chris Rowan

So much for a honeymoon period; no sooner do I arrive at Scienceblogs than commentators start making demands. Fortunately, the story I’ve been ordered to write about was already in my ‘of interest’ pile, so in this instance it’s not … Continue reading →

Categories: geology, geophysics

What’s up, Post-doc?

Posted on March 3, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Head over to Propter Doc for the Post-Doc Oscars, which honours the cream of recent post-doc blogging. My recent activities and moves have earned me the coveted ‘Greatest Achievements in Small Space Of Time’ Award. I’m overwhelmed, this is so … Continue reading →

Categories: links

Moving on from Baby Rocks

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I’ve spent most of the last five years studying rocks formed in the last 10-20 million years. By normal human standards, that’s quite old. If each of those 20 million years was compressed into a single second, we’re still looking … Continue reading →

Categories: deep time, geology

Philosophia Naturalis #7