Category Archives: fieldwork

Oman’s view of the Snowball Earth

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Chris Rowan

Evidence from my field area of extreme climatic fluctuations 700 million years ago – but does it support the notion that the whole planet froze over?
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Categories: climate science, deep time, fieldwork, geology, outcrops, palaeomagic, past worlds, Proterozoic

Geospatial data and the web (#scio10 preparation)

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Chris Rowan

What’s available, what should be available, what tools do we need to use them?
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Categories: fieldwork, general science, geology

Field Trip Diary: Part 3

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Chris Rowan

More photos and commentary from my field trip to Oman
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Categories: fieldwork, geology, outcrops, photos

Inspiration in ancient rocks and simple physics

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Anne Jefferson

[a post by Anne Jefferson] If you ask my mom how I got started in geology, she’d tell you that it began with her taking 3-year-old me to see landslides coming off steep hillslopes during the spring thaw. That makes … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, fieldwork, geology