Category Archives: photos

Scenic Saturday: Sliced, diced and weathered

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Chris Rowan

Following on from Anne’s pretty photo last weekend, let’s nip over to southwest Spain to see a place where art meets tectonics: We’re looking at a section throughout the Carboneras Fault zone. Africa and Spain are still very slowly colliding … Continue reading →

Categories: outcrops, photos

Scenic Saturday: Ropy pahoehoe on a biogenic beach

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

In this inaugural Scenic Saturday post, I offer up very happy volcano/landscape nerd enjoying the stunning geologic scenery on Isabella, Galápagos Islands, July 2011. I was there as a participant in the Chapman Conference on the Galápagos as a Laboratory … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geomorphology, hydrology, photos, volcanoes

When a tree falls in a stream, there’s always something around to make use of it.

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

Allochthonous may have some obscure usage related to rocks, but in ecology, allochthonous material is a major concept that underpins thinking about nutrient cycling and food web dynamics. In its most general definition, allochthonous material is something imported into an … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, environment, hydrology, photos

When snow doesn’t melt away like snow

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Chris Rowan

When you move to a new country, it’s always interesting to observe the differences in how places work. Sometimes, a shared problem is solved in a completely different way (for example, the South African approach to separating out recyclable material … Continue reading →

Categories: photos, society