Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Earthquakes and Tectonics The big earthquake news this week was the latest spate of activity in Christchurch, New Zealand. The BBC posted some eyewitness accounts of the latest shaking, and the Trembling Earth blog collected the best Youtube clips of … Continue reading →

Categories: links

The slowly building threat of Cascadia – and the slow realisation it was there (book review)

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Chris Rowan

If you asked the average person on the street which part of the USA was most threatened by earthquakes, most of them would probably say California. The San Andreas Fault is so embedded into the popular consciousness that it is … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, reviews

More large aftershocks rattle Christchurch: will it ever end?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Analysis of the ongoing earthquake sequence. Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards, tectonics

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Thanks for voting for Anne in the Three Quarks Daily contest. She’s been voted into the semi-finals round, and now it is up to the editors of 3QD and the judges. Do check out the list of other semi-finalists; they … Continue reading →

Categories: links

Portolan Maps: the medieval GPS?

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Chris Rowan

With the right chart, all medieval navigators needed to get from port to port was a compass, and a bearing to follow… Continue reading →

Categories: palaeomagic