Monthly Archives: December 2011

  • Nordic rocks - they look nice, it's a great idea - but why didn't they cool my whiskey well?
    28 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner On the rocks – how to cool Whiskey adequately http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/28/on-the-rocks-how-to-cool-whiskey-adequately/ Today’s post is about Whiskey. And Whisky. More precisely, about how to cool it adequately as a geoscientist. I received a great Christmas gift...
  • Xmas Paleoseismicity headline
    21 Dec 2011 Klaus Reicherter Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2012 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/21/merry-christmas-and-a-happy-and-healthy-2012/ Dear friends, colleagues and followers! We all have been struggling hard to get our desks clean before the Christmas-New Year period, in fourteen days...
  • An isolated rock in the sea - Alkyonides Gulf, Greece. Not only great landscape there, but also good beaches. Be aware of sea urchins if you go there, I've seen too many students with tweezers, trying to remove every single spine from their feet...
    18 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Sunday Geology Picture: Alkyonides Gulf, Greece http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/18/sunday-geology-picture-alkyonides-gulf-greece/ This beautiful, isolated rock stands in the Alkyonides Gulf, the northwestern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It has some beautiful notches, which indicate...
  • Delphi, a mysterious historical place in amazing landscape. The archaeological site is full of cute little kitten that beg for some food from the tourists. Once you drop a cookie or something, you'll be surrounded by dozens of cats.
    17 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Saturday Geology Picture: Delphi, Greece http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/17/saturday-geology-picture-delphi-greece/ Delphi is one of the most impressive places I’ve ever seen. The landscape is just breathtaking – the archaeological site is situated on the...
  • Crazy stuff we found in drill core. I may not tell you where and in which depth, you'll have to wait for the paper! But be assured, it was a nice area...
    16 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner What’s up? The Friday links (26) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/16/whats-up-the-friday-links-26/ Today is the 200th anniversary of the first event of the New Madrid Earthquake Series. There’s still an open debate on magnitudes, intensities, causative...
  • Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at night. I had three great weeks there, camping at Needles Outpost. Cooking on the campfire, drinking beer-flavoured water, walking through the canyons. Great landscape and great steaks! It's only the beer-issue...
    16 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Friday Geology Picture: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at night http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/16/friday-geology-picture-canyonlands-national-park-utah-at-night/ In Evelyn’s one-picture-per-day-to-save-some-time-before-Christmas-series, my contribution today is from the Canyonlands, Utah. It’s a view to the north from Needles Outpost campsite, directly at the...
  • The contact between ultramafics and carbonates in a mine in Albania. In the fault zone very beautiful conglomerates occured, which I always wanted to use for my bathroom once I got rich with geology...
    15 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Thursday Geology Picture: Iron-nickel mine in Albania http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/15/thursday-geology-picture-iron-nickel-mine-in-albania/ I took this picture in an iron-nickel mine in Albania. Here we see the contact between the underlying ultramafics and the carbonates on top....
  • Salty creek in Potash, UT. Those saltworks there are a shame in the landscape, but somehow fascinating, too. And way better than all that Uranium mining tailings directly at the Colorado River and only a few hundred meters away from Moab.
    14 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Wednesday Geology Picture: Salty creek in Potash, Utah http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/14/wednesday-geology-picture-salty-creek-in-potash-utah/ Here’s the Wednesday Geology Picture as part of Evelyn’s meme. Close to the Arches National Park in Utah there is Potash, a bizarre place...
  • Lake Marathon dam is fully covered with Penteli marble. Nice, isn't it? Good old times in Greece.
    13 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Tuesday Geology Picture: Lake Marathon, Greece http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/13/tuesday-geology-picture-lake-marathon-greece/ Following Evelyn’s suggestions, I will post random geology pics this week. Lake Marathon in Attica, Greece is providing a significant amount of the drinking...
  • Close to the Strait of Gibraltar, view to Africa. Off topic, I know, but I haven't been to Japan yet.
    12 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner AGU2011 Tohoku earthquake session on video http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/12/agu2011-tohoku-earthquake-session-on-video/ A small comfort for all those who have missed the AGU2011 fall meeting (and so did I) might be that some sessions are now...