Category Archives: tectonics

More folds a-plunging

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Chris Rowan

Beautiful Scottish geological structures I happened across on my weekend walk.
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Categories: outcrops, photos, structures, tectonics

Haiti: what next for the Enriquillo Fault?

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Chris Rowan

On sections of the fault adjacent to January’s rupture, strain built up by plate motions is still there, waiting to be released. The only question is when, and how.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, tectonics

Tectonics of the Haitian earthquake

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Chris Rowan

Haiti is parked right on top of a plate boundary, but too poor to really prepare for the inevitable large earthquake.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, tectonics

12 folds a-plunging

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Chris Rowan

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love sent to me… what is the final geological gift?
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Categories: geology, tectonics

11 terranes amalgamating

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Chris Rowan

On the 11th day of Christmas my true love sent to me…
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Categories: geology, Palaeozoic, past worlds, tectonics