Thanks to Annique van der Boon for this great post about her trip this month to Iran. December in Iran – Perfect field conditions. Iran is a fascinating country for geologists. Most of the country has a semi-arid to desert climate, so there is quite little vegetation, which means there is a lot of outcrop. […]
Catherine Mottram is a good friend who is just completing her PhD at The Open University entitled: “An integrated metamorphic and isotopic study of crustal extrusion along the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya”. She recently had the first of several papers on this topic come out in the Journal of the Geological Society of London […]
Thanks to Chloe for this great report on her recent trip to the Big Island. Chloe Skidmore in her element Kilauea, Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and the other well-known Hawaiian volcanoes are just a few of many on the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount chain. All this volcanism is the result of a volcanic hotspot – an upwelling […]
