Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Friday Focal Mechanisms: Haiti, revisited

The new research that acquits the Enriquillo Fault of causing the Haiti earthquake. Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards, structures, tectonics

Yellowstone: where did all the ash go?

Another mark of eruptions at Yellowstone: thick layers of ash stretching across most of the continental US. Continue reading

Categories: outcrops, volcanoes

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Since Anne and I have both been away, this is actually the last two weeks’ worth of interesting links for your clicking pleasure. Blogs in motion In addition to the launch of Scientopia, Lab Spaces has also added a raft … Continue reading

Categories: links

Friday-ish focal mechanisms

A brief note on Thursday’s earthquake in Wyoming Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards

The dawn of Scientopia and the evolving science blogging ecosystem

Whilst I was rock hunting in a region where whisky is far more readily available than wifi, the rapid reorganisation of the science blogosphere has continued with the unveiling of a shiny new blog collective: Scientopia. Largely the brainchild of … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, public science