We are pleased to announce that Minda Montaegudo is the winner of our first TG giveaway. Minda is now the proud owner of an Estwing rock hammer and a Gfeller hammer sheath. We express thanks to Estwing and Gfeller Casemakers for graciously providing these prizes. Also thanks to all the participants who took the survey. Watch this space […]
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Anna is a PhD student at Oxford University. You can read more about her adventures here. This summer I spent a month working in the Indian Himalayas, looking at rocks that have been subducted to depths of 100km beneath the surface of the earth. These rocks are known as Ultra-High-Pressure (UHP) rocks and contain minerals such […]
Norway is well known for its fjords, narrow seaways that are bounded by steep cliffs dropping from sheer heights into even deeper waters. 80 kilometers north of Norway’s second largest city, Bergen, we find the most impressive fjords of them all – the Sognefjord being the longest and deepest. I am, however, not coming to […]
Mike Darin is a PhD student at Northern Arizona University. He uses a range of geologic techniques to investigate geologic problems involving upper crustal deformation, oblique strain, and plate boundary evolution. You can read more about his research here. His favorite rock is mylonite. My doctoral research at Northern Arizona University involves using both classical and cutting-edge […]
