Author Archives: Chris Rowan

So near, yet so far

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Chris Rowan

I’ve just returned from a few days visiting a friend in Northern Ireland. Whilst I was there, she very kindly drove me out to the north coast to visit the Giant’s Causeway (whilst getting considerable comic mileage out of accusations … Continue reading →

Categories: outcrops, photos

Not dead – just in Oman

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Apologies for the unannounced hiatus in my blogging. Basically, I’m out in Oman doing some fieldwork, a trip that went from ‘happening at some point’ to ‘why don’t you leave next Monday?’ in a length of time rather too ridiculously … Continue reading →

Categories: fieldwork

Foreshocks and aftershocks of the Italian earthquake

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Monday’s earthquake did not occur in isolation – what do the smaller earthquakes tell us?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology

Earthquake prediction: if only

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Any geologist would be celebrating a genuine, proven, method of earthquake prediction: but we’re clearly not there yet.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology

Tectonics of the L’Aquila Earthquake

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Some geological background on the 6.3 near L’Aquila, Italy.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, tectonics