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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Seismo-volcanism in Eritrea
The Great Rift Valley marks where East Africa is slowly attempting to break away from the rest of the African continent, at a rate of less than a centimetre a year. At the north-eastern end of the rift, where it … Continue reading
Anne is a Strange Quark, AKA awesome science writer!
When Anne first started blogging on Highly Allochthonous, I introduced her first post with the words: I let her post this on the condition that she not show me up by being clearly smarter and a better writer than I … Continue reading
Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week
Earthquakes and Tectonics The big earthquake news this week was the latest spate of activity in Christchurch, New Zealand. The BBC posted some eyewitness accounts of the latest shaking, and the Trembling Earth blog collected the best Youtube clips of … Continue reading
The slowly building threat of Cascadia – and the slow realisation it was there (book review)
If you asked the average person on the street which part of the USA was most threatened by earthquakes, most of them would probably say California. The San Andreas Fault is so embedded into the popular consciousness that it is … Continue reading
Where on Google Earth #291
Having identified the location of the previous WoGE as the world’s tallest landslide dam, I have the honor of hosting the next go-around of this digital scavenger hunt. For those that haven’t played before, here’s a quick overview of the … Continue reading