In praise of field work
The class field trip is underway. Teacher hands out the rap-around, virtual imaging glasses, and you are transported to a […]
Interpreting ancient environments
Life on Mars; what are we searching for?
I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has
Sliced thin; an unfolding story of sandstone
What do you think of this analogy; sandstone, and a pile of garbage? I jest, of course. Garbage is no
Sliced thin; time and process recorded in igneous rocks
This is the second in a series on the geological world under a microscope Geologists, it seems, are never satisfied
Sliced thin; kaleidoscopes with a geological purpose
This is the first post in a series on the geological world under a microscope As a kid visiting my
The brutality of Surtsey’s laboratory
I recently came across a local newspaper article describing a new volcanic island, rising from its own ashes above the
A burp and a hiccup; the volcanic contribution of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Of the two certainties in life, volcanoes offer the most excitement (death and taxes are basically the same thing). They
The life of a Tuscan wall
Montefioralle, Chianti country, Tuscany, Italy, and from where I’m sitting (happily sampling a Chianti Classico) I see rolling, wooded hills,
There are two sides to every fault
In 1940-41, Harold Wellman, a creative but somewhat irreverent New Zealand geologist, along with his colleague Dick Willett, discovered a
It only takes a moment; the ups and downs of earthquakes
Seismic metaphors, or seismic as metaphor? Seismic, a word that geologists and geophysicists traditionally thought was reserved for their use,