Category Archives: geology

Field trip diary: Part 1

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Chris Rowan

What I did on my fieldwork….with pretty photos.
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Categories: fieldwork, geology, outcrops

The Lake Missoula megafloods

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Anne Jefferson

the massive floods that shaped the topography, soils, and agriculture of the Pacific Northwest.
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Categories: by Anne, geology, outcrops, past worlds, Pleistocene

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