Author Archives: Chris Rowan

An interactive map of UK geology

The BGS have put up a nice interactive map of the UK’s geology (flash required). You can select and deselect rocks of different geological periods to see where they are distributed around Britain and Ireland, and if you hover over … Continue reading

Categories: geology, links

Testability in Earth Science

How can studies of the geological past yield repeatable experiments?
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Categories: basics, geology

Incomprehensible? Moi?

I’m not quite as “longwinded and incomprehensible” as James, it seems: I’m not sure exactly how useful this little tool is. Not only does it not give any indication of exactly how your ‘readability’ is calculated, but it also seems … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

The Palaeomagician’s bane

Why lightning may be my new mortal enemy
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Categories: fieldwork, geophysics, in the lab

A map of wonderful magnetic things

A new magnetic anomaly map illustrates the differences between oceanic and continental crust
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Categories: geology, geophysics