June 2008 « Hypo-theses

Gordon Brown's 'Solution' to the Energy Crisis

Beleaguered British Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today to try to sort out the current energy crisis and rising petrol prices.

There are a number of points to make here. First, Gordon Brown is in so much trouble that Beleaguered-British-Prime-Minister-Gordon-Brown is now as much one word now as England-Cricket-Team-Middle-Order-Batting-Collapse is. This move [...]

Things I have learnt from fieldwork

Tuff Cookie over at Magma Cum Laude has an excellent post ‘Everything I need to know in life, I learned on geo field trips’.

Here are a few of the things I have learnt from fieldwork:

When working on the coast, the pub is always uphill.

You can fix a split radiator hose with two jubilee clips and the [...]

Earthquake Greece, 08 June 2008 Magnitude 6.1

Earthquake Greece, 8 June 2008, 12:25:29 UT. 35km SW Patras.
Seismogram recorded at Keele University, [...]

Accretionary Wedge #10: Geology in Art – Glen Tilt

Map, Glen Tilt, Tayside by John Clerk of Eldin. Image source: USGS

John Van Hoesen over at Geological Musings in the Taconic Mountains is hosting Accretionary Wedge #10 on the subject of Geology in Art. Despite the vast potential of the field I’ve been having a few problems with this, largely because I’m a cultural [...]