Sebastián Ramírez is a Ph.D. student at UT Austin. You can read more about his research here. I have been at the University of Texas at Austin working towards a Ph.D. degree in geology since 2011. I moved here after completing my M.Sc. (also in geology) at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). My co-advisor […]
Chris is a regular contributor for the TravelingGeologist and you can see his other posts here. Of all the things quintessentially China, the terra cotta warriors and horses of Qin Shi Huang are definitely at the near the top of the list. The first broken fragments of the sculptures were discovered in 1974 by a farmer in the Shaanxi […]
Karin Sant is a PhD student at Utrecht University focused on understanding of paleogeographic changes that occurred in the West and Central Paratethys during the Miocene. You can read more about her research here. It is a very sunny autumn day and we are driving in our Lada Niva 4×4 on a muddy road in […]
Excuse the pun, I know am not the first researcher to write about a prehistoric eruption or to reminisce about how much fun it was to do epic fieldwork, and I did have a Blast! I am now lucky enough to have a faculty position and lovely family in New Zealand at the University of […]
Thanks to the Antarctica360 team for this great update from the field. You can follow their adventures at antarctica360.net. Greetings from a cozy Scott Polar tent in the Royal Society Range, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica! As I sit writing this, it’s a balmy -13C outside, there is a 15 knot breeze and the midnight sun is shining (the […]
