Monthly Archives: August 2010

Yellowstone: where did all the ash go?

Another mark of eruptions at Yellowstone: thick layers of ash stretching across most of the continental US. Continue reading

Categories: outcrops, volcanoes

Anne’s picks of the literature: river and floodplain sediments

These four papers all attempt to understand what controls the sediments that make up the streambed and floodplain and that get preserved in the geologic record. White et al. look at how riffle positions are governed by valley width variations, while Jerolmack and Brzinski find striking similarities in grain size transitions observed in rivers and dune fields. Hart et al. examine the relationship between glacial advances and downstream sediment deposition, while Sambrook Smith et al. investigate the sedimentological record of floods. Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geomorphology, paper reviews

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Since Anne and I have both been away, this is actually the last two weeks’ worth of interesting links for your clicking pleasure. Blogs in motion In addition to the launch of Scientopia, Lab Spaces has also added a raft … Continue reading

Categories: links

Friday-ish focal mechanisms

A brief note on Thursday’s earthquake in Wyoming Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards

The dawn of Scientopia and the evolving science blogging ecosystem

Whilst I was rock hunting in a region where whisky is far more readily available than wifi, the rapid reorganisation of the science blogosphere has continued with the unveiling of a shiny new blog collective: Scientopia. Largely the brainchild of … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, public science