Monthly Archives: April 2013

My class visits the Geology Department – by Geokid

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Chris Rowan

I went on a tour with my class yesterday in the Geology Department of Kent State University. My mom, my dad, and I led the tour. We got there by traveling on a special bus that had painted windows. When … Continue reading →

Categories: by Geokid, public science, teaching

The intrusion of nature

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Chris Rowan

This morning, I found myself mesmerised by this astounding video of an avalanche in the French Alps, courtesy of Kyle House: Avalanches de printemps An appropriate demonstration on this Earth Day of the power of our planet. But it’s also … Continue reading →

Categories: geohazards, society

Echoes of Wenchuan: magnitude 6.6 earthquake shakes Sichuan province in west China.

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Chris Rowan

On Saturday morning local time (Friday evening for us in the USA), a magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook up Sichuan province in western China, about 35 km north of the closest city, Ya’an, and 115km west of the provincial capital Chengdu. … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, tectonics

A week of big earthquakes in Iran

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Chris Rowan

Squashed and squeezed between the Eurasian continent to the north and the northward-moving Arabian plate to the south, it is no surprise that Iran is a seismically active country, and in the past week it has been living up to … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, tectonics