Monthly Archives: October 2007

Say hi to a new Scibling, and help out an existing one

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Laelaps has joined the collective; if you aren’t already familiar with Brian’s prolific and informative musings on things palaeontological (although he probably wouldn’t spell it like that) go and check out his new digs. Palaeontology is almost geology, after all. … Continue reading →

Categories: links

Northern Hemisphere rules

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Chris Rowan

The last four years have not been particularly kind to the English rugby fan, so to say that I wasn’t expecting much from the Rugby World Cup quarter final between England and Australia would be an understatement. In fact, I … Continue reading →

Categories: rugby

The heart of the fault zone

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Chris Rowan

For all that we currently know about earthquakes and faulting, seismology remains primarily a descriptive science. We can tell where an earthquake occurred, and how powerful it was, but we still don’t understand why some ruptures trigger failure over a … Continue reading →