Author Archives: Chris Rowan

A further clue to the mystery deskcrop

Some of you are on the right sort of track to the answer to Friday’s geopuzzle, but I think that I can clear up the uncertainties considerably by demonstrating exactly why this particular rock is staying well away from my … Continue reading

Categories: geology

Blessed are the commentators

This blog reached a minor milestone whilst I was away: Brian’s comment on my post about the geological carnage in Kashmir was the 1,000th comment to be posted since I moved to ScienceBlogs. Note that he was agreeing with me. … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

Geopuzzle #3

Can you identify my latest fieldwork trophy?
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Categories: fieldwork, geology

Do we need a new geological epoch?

Anthropocene! Naming a new geological time period after ourselves certainly has a nice dramatic ring to it, even if it smacks of the hubris that got us into our current climatic mess in the first place. But can our species, … Continue reading

Categories: basics, deep time, geology, paper reviews

Ye gods…

There’s geovandalism – and then there’s sheer f***ing insanity. Thousands of pre-dinosaur fossils are scattered in the rocks of the Guryul ravine, rated by geologists as the world’s premier site for the study of species from the Permian period (299-251 … Continue reading

Categories: antiscience, fossils, geology