Monthly Archives: May 2007

Gone drillin’ (redux) and an open thread

Yes, after a stupidly short turn around time I am once more off into the field, this time for three weeks in Namibia. The target this time is the Proterozoic-Cambrian boundary, with a possible side-visit to a Snowball Earth cap … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

Lusi: two methods of holding back the mud

The latest from Lusi The new, government approved method: Under the new scheme proposed by Japanese scientists, double-walled cofferdams will be built to fence in the mud so it serves as a counterweight to the mudflow… So that’s what “inverted … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards, geology, Lusi

Philosophia Naturalis #10

Lots of physical science blogging goodness over at Daily Irreverence. Check it out. Next month’s edition will be held right here on Highly Allochthonous. Given that I am away for the beginning of June, you can help me out by … Continue reading

Categories: links

Fieldwork photos

Here are a few snaps from my sampling trip. I didn’t take many, because the light wasn’t great for photography, and also because my camera was also being a little bit badly behaved. A view of the river I was … Continue reading

Categories: fieldwork, geology, outcrops, photos

Carnival of the post-docs

The 4th Carnival of the Post-docs is up at Minor Revisions, whose author has really excelled herself with an voluminous collection of links – just what I needed to get through a brain-fried post-fieldwork afternoon. Whilst you’re over there, the … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, links