Category Archives: geology

Into the Bushveld #2: ‘Look at the size of that thing!’

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Chris Rowan

The world’s biggest igneous intrusion is very large indeed…
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Categories: fieldwork, geology, volcanoes

Layer cake stratigraphy

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Geonerdy t-shirtiness. I want.
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Categories: bloggery, geology

Into the Bushveld #1: holy hunks of magnetite!

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Igneous rocks – “sedimentary” processes?
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Categories: fieldwork, geology, volcanoes

A further clue to the mystery deskcrop

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Some of you are on the right sort of track to the answer to Friday’s geopuzzle, but I think that I can clear up the uncertainties considerably by demonstrating exactly why this particular rock is staying well away from my … Continue reading →

Categories: geology

Geopuzzle #3

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Can you identify my latest fieldwork trophy?
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Categories: fieldwork, geology