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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Accretionary Wedge #5, and some new faces
The first Accretionary Wedge of 2008 is now up at Green Gabbro, and it seems that we geobloggers are all too happy to have a little rant about the more annoying geological misconceptions and misrepresentations that are floating around in … Continue reading
Behold, a new sunspot…
The little fellow circled here (in the solar sense of “little” – it’s probably a few thousand miles across) appeared on the 4th January, and probably marks the start of Solar Cycle 24. A slight dent in those bold predictions … Continue reading
Annoying misconceptions in Geology
The manglings of geology that get my inner pedant’s teeth grinding
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Nature Geoscience: cutting edge or consolation prize?
This month saw the launch of the first issue of Nature‘s latest specialist offshoot, Nature Geoscience. This is a monthly publication presumably designed to act as a clearing house for those contributions which don’t quite have the pizzazz to make … Continue reading
So, what is the ‘Eye of Sauron’?
I was rather taken aback – in a good way – by the large number of responses to last week’s crater conundrum. Most people seemed to conclude that this structure in southeast Algeria: was not, in fact, an asteroid crater. … Continue reading