Monthly Archives: February 2008

What keeps the geoblogosphere awake at night?

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Chris Rowan

The Accretionary Wedge #6 is up at the Lounge of The Lab Lemming. Chuck challenged us to write about “things which makes us go hmmm”, and the answers range from head-scratching over particular outcrops to musing on a planetary and … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, links

State of the post-doc

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Chris Rowan

After a year in Jo’burg, how’s my career going?
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Categories: academic life

What plate tectonics doesn’t tell you

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Chris Rowan

How the past may be the key to the tectonic present
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Categories: geology, tectonics

Geopuzzle #6

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Chris Rowan

This weeks mission, should you choose to accept it, is to work out what’s going on in this rather strange outcrop:

Categories: geology, geopuzzling

It’s our language and we want it back!

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Chris Rowan

It’s English. You can’t change it without our say-so.
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Categories: ranting