Geology

A is for Aniakchak (an A to Z of volcanoes)

In this post, I want to set off on a voyage, a voyage to visit some of the less well-known volcanoes of the world.  I'll take a look as some volcanoes you may not of heard of, and it will also be a bit of a learning experience for me as I read a bit m ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 4 2011 - 11:50am

Earth Science Bonanza- American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting 2011

Earth Science Bonanza is the best way of describing a meeting where 20 000 Earth science scientists gather from around the entire world. For a whole week San Francisco is saturated with scientists. The highest density can be found around Union Square more ...

Blog Post - Bente Lilja Bye - Dec 5 2011 - 6:22am

Monday Geology Picture: Tilted ripples in the Pyrenees

Like Evelyn Mervine over at the Georneys blog, I have been neglecting this blog a little this past week (although I don't have as good an excuse as she does, I was just having fun...).  I do like the idea of posting a geology photo each day this week, ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 12 2011 - 5:06pm

Tuesday's Geology Photo: Ngauruhoe

Day two of Evelyn Mervine's photo meme, and today I have a picture of N gauruhoe, New Zealand.  Ngauruhoe makes almost a perfect cone, broken only at the top by a small crater.  This photo was taken from the summit, looking north.  A small amount of s ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 13 2011 - 3:56pm

Wednesday Geophoto: Greek Fault

Day three of Evelyn's geophoto a day, and today we are in Greece. This photo was taken early one winters day as we were preparing to head out into the field.  At first glance, the geology in this picture is not obvious, unless you know a little of the ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 14 2011 - 4:18pm

Thursday Geophoto: Isle of Skye

For Thursday's contribution to Evelyn's photo meme, I present the Isle of Skye. ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 15 2011 - 3:36pm

Friday Geophoto: Iguazú Falls

I'm getting my geophoto today in early, as it is the lab's Christmas party tonight... Today's photo is of Iguazú Falls, which straddle the Argentina/Brazil border (spelt Iguaçu on the Brazilian side). ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 16 2011 - 3:15am

Saturday Geophoto: L'escargot

A photo from France today, the penultimate day of Evelyn's photo a day week. I apologise if this is a little late, I am writing this from the first train of my 13 hour epic journey home for Christmas, and I am somewhat lacking in internet. At least th ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 17 2011 - 6:38pm

Sunday Photo: Aberystwyth Castle

There isn't really much geologically significant about this photo, other than that the castle is Made of stone.  However, I wanted to finish this week of photos instigated by Evelyn in Wales, and earlier today I was in Aberystwyth and I snapped this p ...

Blog Post - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 18 2011 - 6:38pm

The Changing Composition Of The Eyjafjallajökull Eruption

As I have a long train journey and not much to do, I can use it to write about this recent open access paper on Eyjafjallajökull written by a couple of my colleagues in the lab. As it is open access you can go and read it for yourself if you wish, but I th ...

Article - Gareth Fabbro - Dec 20 2011 - 1:10pm