Category Archives: fieldwork

Countries visited meme

Blame Julia and/or Brian for this one: go to this site and click on all the countries you’ve visited. Here’s my world map: visited 23 states (10.2%)Create your own visited map of The World or try another Douwe Osinga project … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, fieldwork

Christmas gifts for geologists: toughen up your gear

Other suggestions: [Beverages] [Cameras] [Maps] The field is no place for equipment that needs to be coddled; anything that is not at least moderately proof against rain, dust, and drops is going to quickly become dead weight. One option is … Continue reading

Categories: field gear, fieldwork, gifts and gadgets

Christmas gifts for geologists: cameras

Other suggestions: [Beverages] [Tough Gear] [Maps] The arrival of digital photography is one area where technology has really changed the geological fieldwork experience. Of course, photos will never completely replace a good sketch, but when there’s only so much time … Continue reading

Categories: field gear, fieldwork, gifts and gadgets

Christmas gifts for geologists: field beverages

Other suggestions: [Cameras] [Tough Gear] [Maps] Finding an appropriately rock-orientated present for a geologist might seem a daunting task to the outsider. Raiding an outdoors shop can be risky, since they already seem to own more field gear than normal … Continue reading

Categories: field gear, fieldwork, gifts and gadgets

The best field areas are the ones that you haven’t seen yet

A scarily long time ago, now, I spent a summer walking around a small area in North Wales, just south of Snowdon. This was the field area for my undergraduate mapping project, which was a big turning point in my … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, fieldwork, general science