Category Archives: paper reviews

Telling a dinosaur footprint from a hole in the ground

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Chris Rowan

How do palaeontologists know?
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Categories: fossils, geology, paper reviews

The Stirling fauna: big critters from the dawn of time?

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Chris Rowan

I really wasn’t intending to leave Geopuzzle 14 hanging out unanswered on the interweb for as long as it has – and not just because my delay has apparently put my beer stash in jeopardy. The answer is actually both … Continue reading →

Categories: fossils, geopuzzling, paper reviews, past worlds, Proterozoic

Tectonics shown to drive changes in biodiversity

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Chris Rowan

No surprise to anyone – except biologists, apparently.
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Categories: Cenozoic, fossils, geology, paper reviews, tectonics

Lusi sinking into its own caldera

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Study highlights subsidence of the Indonesian mud volcano, and also bolsters case for a human cause.
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Categories: geohazards, Lusi, paper reviews

Archean bacterial mats under the hammer

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Geovandalism rears it’s ugly head once more.
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Categories: Archean, fieldwork, fossils, geology, paper reviews, past worlds, ranting