Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Talking ANDRILL

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Chris Rowan

The Antarctic Geological Drilling Project – ANDRILL – is an ambitious program of drilling down to the sediments deposited around Antarctica in the past few tens of millions of years, to unravel the history of the Antarctic ice sheets: how … Continue reading →

Categories: Cenozoic, climate science, past worlds

What the kids are interested in these days

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Chris Rowan

One of the courses I teach at Kent is an introductory geology course called ‘Earth Dynamics’. In my first lecture of term last week, I gave my new class a brief survey to get an idea of their previous exposure … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, teaching

Scenic Saturday: our stripy oceans, explained 50 years ago today!

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Chris Rowan

A slightly different Scenic Saturday this weekend, as we celebrate an important milestone in geological science: a look at the South Pacific through a geophysical lens. The colours on this map show fluctuations in the Earth’s magnetic field produced by … Continue reading →

Categories: geology, palaeomagic, tectonics

Scenic Saturday: a ravishing roadcut

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Chris Rowan

In the coming semester, I’m teaching a Tectonics and Orogeny course, which will include a field trip to the Appalachians to check out the closest accessible example of tectonics and orogeny look like up close. A successful field trip comes … Continue reading →

Categories: outcrops

Is your child experimenting with…geology?

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Chris Rowan

Or: why should palaeontologists get all the subversive fun Continue reading →

Categories: geology