Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Sadly, not sandworms

The answer to Friday’s geopuzzler
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Categories: Archean, fossils, geology, past worlds, Proterozoic

A new geopuzzle for you

Not only did everyone seemed to enjoy the big crater debate, but there were also suggestions in the comments that more conundrums of this ilk might be make a fun companion for What on Google Earth (which I never seem … Continue reading

Categories: geology

New Zealand gets a festive shaking

When I was out in New Zealand doing fieldwork for my PhD, I spent most of my time based in Gisborne, a sleepy little town on the east coast of the North Island. Over Christmas, it seems that Gisborne was … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, tectonics

Accretionary Wedge #5, and some new faces

The first Accretionary Wedge of 2008 is now up at Green Gabbro, and it seems that we geobloggers are all too happy to have a little rant about the more annoying geological misconceptions and misrepresentations that are floating around in … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, links

Behold, a new sunspot…

The little fellow circled here (in the solar sense of “little” – it’s probably a few thousand miles across) appeared on the 4th January, and probably marks the start of Solar Cycle 24. A slight dent in those bold predictions … Continue reading

Categories: climate science, planets