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 […]
women in science
The Australian–Antarctic connection in the Bunger Hills of Antarctica with Naomi Tucker
Naomi is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide specialising in metamorphic geology and isotope geochemistry working with Professor Martin Hand. Antarctica is an entrancing place. Her remoteness, elusiveness, natural beauty and unpredictability of the elements is both awe-inspiring and addictive. Visiting the most isolated regions of this continent – the rarest of Antarctic landscapes, […]
Incipient charnockites of southern India with Eleanore Blereau
Eleanore Blereau is nearing the end of her PhD at Curtin University, Australia (expected completion early 2017). Eleanore likes to work on metamorphic rocks, especially interesting and challenging rocks with minerals such as sapphirine and osumilite. She has experience using multidisciplinary data to evaluate the P–T–t evolution of high-grade metamorphic rocks (petrography, SIMS U–Pb, LA-ICP-MS REE, THERMOCALC) from places […]
Viagem a Aparados da Serra, Brazil com Letícia Betezek
Letícia Betezek é um estudante de graduação estudar geologia na Universidade Federal do Paraná, em Curitiba, Brasil. Click here for the English version. A região chamada de Aparados da Serra, destino principal da viagem, se localiza na divisa dos municípios de Cambará do Sul – Rio Grande do Sul e Praia Grande – Santa Catarina, […]
Road trip a Aparados da Serra, Brazil with Letícia Betezek
Letícia Betezek is an undergraduate student studying geology at the Universidade Federal do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil. Clique aqui para a versão em Português. The region called Aparados da Serra located on the border of the Brazilian cities of Cambará do Sul – Rio Grande do Sul and Praia Grande – Santa Catarina, was the main destination […]