Derya Gürer has recently finished her PhD research at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, where she worked on a tectonic reconstruction of Central and Eastern Anatolia (present day Turkey) – as part of the Alpine-Himalayan orogen. You can read more about Derya’s research here and see her other TravelingGeologist adventures here. Back in the spring of 2013, […]
Fieldwork at Sea on IODP’s JOIDES Resolution with Lloyd White
Lloyd White is a Lecturer in geology at the University of Wollongong. His research focusses on understanding processes that occur during plate collision and plate break-up – primarily using geochronological and structural data to refine computer-based plate reconstructions. While he typically works on land – he reports here from the JOIDES Resolution, one of the […]
The B-44 Iceberg breaks off Anarctica with Thomas Ronge
Dr. Thomas Ronge is a Marine Geologist currently working for the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. You can read more about his research here and follow him on Twitter @remotelongitude In the light of the massive, 6000 km2 sized iceberg – A-68 – that broke off the Antarctic Peninsulas Larsen C ice shelf in July, should we worry […]
The history of Alpine geology from a Swiss mountain top with Anna Bidgood
Anna is a PhD student at Oxford University. You can read more about her adventures here. When George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, he replied “because it is there”. This approach to mountains and the ‘sublime’ has been present since the Victorian era when the infatuation with the Alps and glaciers truely […]
Polar research on the equator: tracking India’s escape from Antarctica by ship with Anouk Beniest
Anouk Beniest is a PhD candidate at the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France. She works on continental rifting and break-up processes, with a focus on the South Atlantic domain. She got the chance to join a scientific cruise in the Indian Ocean on a German research vessel, ‘Sonne’, for the acquisition of […]