Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Glacial deposits new and old in the Scottish isles

Islay – one of the birthplaces of the Snowball Earth. And good whisky. Continue reading

Categories: deep time, geology, outcrops, past worlds, photos, Proterozoic, rocks & minerals

The geoblogosphere: what I’d like to build next

How do we build a stronger, more diverse, more visible geoblogosphere?
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Categories: bloggery, public science

Quick note: check your RSS feeds

It seems there have been a few issues with the RSS feeds from this blog: some people have complained that they were only getting short summaries rather than complete posts, and others that it didn’t seem to be updating at … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

I suppose it was only a matter of time before water-related linkage merited it’s own separate category…. Blogs in motion The great blog redistribution of 2010 continues: check out Abel, Zuska, and Bora’s new digs. In the geoblogosphere, Julia is … Continue reading

Categories: Uncategorized

Friday(ish) Focal Mechanisms

An exciting seismic week in the Papua New Guinea region. Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, tectonics