Monthly Archives: December 2011

Friday(ish) Focal Mechanism: a kinky slab beneath Mexico

A quick look this week at the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that shook southern Mexico last Sunday. It caused a fair amount of shaking in Mexico City, and a few deaths, but apparently no major structural damage. The depth of the … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, tectonics

Struggle and Serendipity (or: Yay! I’m in Open Lab!)

For some reason I wasn’t exactly keeping up with my e-mail last week – or much else that wasn’t Big Geology Conference related. So, although I did take note of the e-mail containing the glad tidings that my post ‘Ten … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

All the blogging from AGU

One thing I’ve been doing in free moments since the end of the AGU Fall Meeting is catching up on what cool science other geobloggers who attended the meeting had unearthed whilst wandering the poster hall and lecture halls. Below … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, conferences, links

Writing Challenge: The end, or is it?

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams I’m a week overdue for my final sciwrite check in, and I didn’t make my goal of submitting the manuscript by the time … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, publication

Thursday and Friday at AGU

Chris: So, we both managed to survive another AGU. Is your brain full now?   Anne: Yes, it hurts.   Chris: But you seem to have had a pretty good week. Two well-received invited talks, and every time I saw … Continue reading

Categories: conferences