Yearly Archives: 2008

Should I be linking to you?

Janet tells me that it’s Blogroll Amnesty Day: I think that the blogosphere is (or could be) different from media wherein news and commentary is “broadcast” to an audience by allowing back and forth communication — the kind of thing … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, links

Into the Bushveld #1: holy hunks of magnetite!

Igneous rocks – “sedimentary” processes?
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Categories: fieldwork, geology, volcanoes

A further clue to the mystery deskcrop

Some of you are on the right sort of track to the answer to Friday’s geopuzzle, but I think that I can clear up the uncertainties considerably by demonstrating exactly why this particular rock is staying well away from my … Continue reading

Categories: geology

Blessed are the commentators

This blog reached a minor milestone whilst I was away: Brian’s comment on my post about the geological carnage in Kashmir was the 1,000th comment to be posted since I moved to ScienceBlogs. Note that he was agreeing with me. … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

Geopuzzle #3

Can you identify my latest fieldwork trophy?
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Categories: fieldwork, geology