Hypocentre

Hypocentre a.k.a. Dr Ian G. Stimpson. Seismologist, geophysicist and structural geologist at Keele University, U.K.
You can contact me at hypocentre[at]gmail[dot]com.
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The Out Campaign

Accretionary Wedge #21 : Reaching out to someone

Jess at Magma Cum Laude is hosting this month’s Accretionary Wedge, asking “What kind of Earth Science outreach have you participated in?”

Actually, there is quite a lot of outreach that I do but one thing that I’ve actually referred to in some of my recent posts but realise that I’ve not explained, is the [...]

Accretionary Wedge #20: Yet to discover

David Bressan at Cryology and Co is hosting Accretionary Wedge #20 and I’m late with this and don’t really have much time what with the start of teaching next week – sorry.

He asks …

What remains to be discovered for future earth scientists what we (still) don’t know about earth? What are the geological riddles that [...]

Accretionary Wedge #19: Yes, we have a banana

It’s accretionary wedge time again an this month Dino Jim is asking us to ‘think outside the box’ when teaching geology. I seem to detect a food theme developing.

Here is a quick piece on using a banana as an analogue for rock deformation in general, and fault propagation folding in particular.

First take your banana [...]

Accretionary Wedge #18: Inspired

Volcanista is hosting July’s Accretionary Wedge on what inspired one to become a geologist. For me, the reason is simple, if somewhat convoluted. I became a geologist because I can’t sing.

Back when I was in high school, my school, a ‘bog-standard’ comprehensive, reckoned it had a really good school choir. It didn’t, of [...]

Accretionary Wedge #17: Let's Do The Time-Warp

Lockwood over at Outside The Interzone is successfully ensuring that the Acccretionary Wedge is rising phoenix-like from the ashes. The mission for this month is … “Where and when would you most like to visit to witness and analyse an event in Earth’s history?”.

I suppose that like most geologists I’d like to visit the [...]