Category Archives: geophysics

The amazing disappearing asymmetric magnetic reversals

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Weird field behaviour in the Neoproterozoic vanishes when you add more data to the mix.
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Categories: geology, geophysics, palaeomagic, past worlds, Proterozoic

Is the Earth’s magnetic field about to flip?

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Chris Rowan

No-one knows – but I wouldn’t hold your breath
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Categories: basics, geology, geophysics, palaeomagic, paper reviews

AAPG Day 2: industrial seismologists get all the cool toys.

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Chris Rowan

I don’t need a wall-sized touchscreen, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want one…
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Categories: academic life, conferences, geology, geophysics

Seismology@home

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Chris Rowan

There’s an interesting news story in Nature* about a distributed computing project with a seismological twist. The proposed aim of the Quake-Catcher project is to hack and collate data from laptop accelerometers – designed to protect the hard drive when … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, geophysics, public science