Monthly Archives: August 2007

A picture is worth a thousand (drunken) words

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Especially when it’s made up of lots of photos (click on the image for a larger version). Most of us look like we’re having a good time, don’t we?

Categories: bloggery

Bacteria and black smokers go back a long way

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I tempered the other week’s repost on some rather impressive 1.5 billion year-old black smoker chimneys, and the fossilised microbes found within them, with some words of caution about the ‘clues to the origin of life’ spin that the discovery … Continue reading →

Categories: fossils, geology, paper reviews, Proterozoic

The city where Sciblings never sleep

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Chris Rowan

So, after three fun-filled days, and four even more fun-filled nights, my little detour is over, and I’m now back in the UK for a few weeks to enjoy the ‘summer’. Hanging out with the Sciblings was quite a surreal … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery

Blogging, New York style

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I could get used to this. I’m currently sitting at a bar in New York City, and as a blogging venue it has much to recommend it over my normal lair in Jo’burg. The availability of beer, for a start. … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery

Earthquake in Peru

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Chris Rowan

And it’s a big one – magnitude 8.0 according to the USGS. The preliminary moment tensor solution indicates a shallowly dipping thrust fault, with a rupture depth of 33 km. So this looks like a subduction thrust earthquake (the convergent … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes