Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Casting a Wider Net: Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Chris Rowan

In the United States, we have a diversity problem in the geosciences. Less than 5% of BS degrees in geosciences go to minorities. NSF’s OEDG program seeks innovative ways to cast a wider net for future geo-professionals.
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Categories: academic life, by Anne, science education

The amazing disappearing asymmetric magnetic reversals

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Weird field behaviour in the Neoproterozoic vanishes when you add more data to the mix.
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Categories: geology, geophysics, palaeomagic, past worlds, Proterozoic

Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Chris Rowan

More interesting links that I’ve shared via Twitter over the past seven days. If I had to highlight just one you should really click on, take some time to be wowed by the HiRISE imagery of Mars over at the … Continue reading →

Categories: links

Earthquakes within plates: we don’t know when, and we may not know where

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Chris Rowan

For intracontinental earthquakes, the seismic past and present may not help when predicting future hazards
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology

Earthquake hazard mitigation the Iranian way

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Capital city in danger of being flattened by earthquakes? Move the capital city
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, tectonics