Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Earthquakes The big news this week was the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey, which I blogged about here and expanded on in a post on the Scientific American Guest Blog. Some other useful links and resources: Nice post on … Continue reading →

Categories: links

Scenic Halloween Saturday

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Chris Rowan

As the leaves turn and colder nights draw in, let us journey to a mysterious country that holds an even more mysterious glowing orange pit. Halloween is upon us, so could we be looking on a newly-opened gateway to the … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, photos, volcanoes

M 7.2 earthquake near Van, eastern Turkey

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Earlier this morning, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit near the city of Van on the eastern border of Turkey. The BBC reports that at least 45 people have died as buildings collapsed close to the rupture. The most well-known seismic … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards, tectonics

Friday Focal Mechanisms: the Hayward Fault shows up to the Shakeout Party

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Yesterday, several million Californians participated in the 2011 Great California ShakeOut – a simulated earthquake drill, held close to the anniversary of the 1989 Loma Preita earthquake, that aims not only to raise awareness of the ever-present risk of a … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards

Does plate tectonics control magnetic reversals?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Possibly, but this paper will not convince you. Continue reading →

Categories: Cenozoic, geophysics, Mesozoic, palaeomagic, tectonics