Category Archives: geology

2700 million years in one outcrop

Now this is what I call continental stablity…
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Categories: deep time, fieldwork, geology

Volcanoes: our noble allies in the battle against export productivity

Finally, a blogospheric spat that actually matters. Craig McClain over at Deep Sea News has accused volcanoes of being the implacable enemies of marine life, based on new research linking them to some bouts of extreme ocean anoxia (where the … Continue reading

Categories: climate science, environment, geology, tectonics, volcanoes

How to stop worrying and love your mapping project

Some tips for effective field mapping
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Categories: basics, fieldwork, geology

Geopuzzle #12 (finally) revisited

The answer? I dunno…
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Categories: Archean, geology, geopuzzling, past worlds

Geology: the (almost) musical

Whilst reading through the song–related submissions to the current, geo-arty edition of the Accretionary Wedge, my mind was cast back to my dim and distant undergrad days, when no field trip was complete without sem-drunken final evening entertainments, and the … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, geology, tectonics