Author Archives: Chris Rowan

The slow death of a sedimentary basin

Time catches up with us all – even rocks…
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Categories: deep time, geology, tectonics

Earthquake in Iceland

In which we fail to falsify plate tectonics
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Categories: earthquakes, geology, tectonics

Notables and linkables

Good news, everbody! It seems that the continuing growth of the geoblogosphere is starting to get noticed, with articles in both the AAPG Explorer and Geotimes, who together appear to have interviewed a good number of us. I’m quoted in … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, bloggery, geohazards, public science

Coolest. Image. Ever.

You’ve seen Phoenix descending in close-up, but have you seen the wide-view?
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Categories: planets

Lusi sinking into its own caldera

Study highlights subsidence of the Indonesian mud volcano, and also bolsters case for a human cause.
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Categories: geohazards, Lusi, paper reviews