Category Archives: geology

Lusi: the man-made mud volcano

Posted on March 1, 2007 by Chris Rowan

(Reposted – with an update – from ye olde blog) The latest from Lusi In May 2006, an exploratory gas well being drilled in eastern Java hit a limestone aquifer. Because the lower part of the well had not yet … Continue reading →

Categories: geohazards, geology, Lusi

What the heck does Highly Allochthonous mean?

Posted on March 1, 2007 by Chris Rowan

The first thing to get out of the way is the matter of my blog’s title, which has garnered accolades ranging from ‘more difficult to pronounce than Pharyngula’ to ‘awesome geo-nerd term’. An allochthon is a sequence of rocks which … Continue reading →