Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Of aftershocks and tsunamis

Questions arising from the Indonesian quakes
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Categories: basics, earthquakes, geohazards

Places you do not want to find yourself

1. The middle of the Namibian desert with a broken car. 2. The Yucatan Peninsula, 65 million years BP. 3. Sitting on a flight back to Johannesburg as the captain announced the final result of England’s abject capitulation to South … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

Who needs science when you have pointless gadgetry?

Those clever Japanese have done it again – whilst seismologists look in increasingly unlikely places for a method of reliably predicting earthquakes, they’ve produced a little box which provides a timely warning of impending doom: A broadband and communications provider … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes

Footage from Mount Etna

Mount Etna has been erupting again, and some fairly impressive footage of lava fountains have made it onto YouTube: Both clips at some point zoom out to show that the footage is being filmed from the streets of a town … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards, volcanoes

Geobloggers reveal their shameful secret

The inaugural edition of the geoscience blog carnival The Accretionary Wedge over at Clastic Detritus reveals that It’s not just me – it seems.that we’re all refugees from other sciences. Of course, our late conversions seem to have only increased … Continue reading

Categories: geology, links