Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Geobloggers for DonorsChoose: Jacquelyn Gill

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Chris Rowan

It’s a good week to promote geoscience education. Not only is it Earth Science Week, but science bloggers everywhere are involved in their annual drive to provide much needed educational resources to US schoolteachers through DonorsChoose. Forcing schools to beg … Continue reading →

Categories: public science, science education

Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Chris Rowan

The Sunday link-fest has returned, although it’s just me this week as Anne has been busy preparing for, and travelling to attend, the GSA Conference in Minneapolis. Here are the most interesting items I found in my travels around the … Continue reading →

Categories: links

Scenic Saturday: Waterfalls need the right rocks as well as water

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Earlier this year, I spent a pleasant day hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. One of the places I visited was Grotto Falls; not the world’s tallest waterfall, but rather handsome all the same. Being an unabashed geonerd, … Continue reading →

Categories: geomorphology, outcrops, photos, rocks & minerals

Friday focal mechanism: mountain building in Argentina

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Yesterday a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck in the Jujuy province of northwestern Argentina, in the western foothills of the Andes. What few news reports there are indicate strong shaking but little damage in what seems to be a remote and … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards, structures

Proof of earthquake triggering in Christchurch? Not so fast…

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Chris Rowan

When a magnitude 6.3 earthquake scored an almost direct hit on Christchurch in February, I discussed the possibility that rather than being a simple aftershock of

Categories: earthquakes, tectonics