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Scenic Saturday: Mount Hood

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Chris Rowan

We’ve both had a great week in Oregon, with some science (and, for Chris, some field excursions with Lockwood in the Coast Ranges) at the start of the week and some more recreational explorations at the end. This was the … Continue reading →

Categories: photos, volcanoes

In large earthquakes, the Earth moves for almost everyone

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Chris Rowan

The Global Positioning System has completely revolutionised how geologists study the deformation of the Earth. If you leave a GPS receiver in a fixed location for days, months and years, it is precise enough to measure motions on the millimetre … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, paper reviews, tectonics