Geology Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/geology/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:49:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Geology Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/geology/ 32 32 2696646 Traces of the Geologist https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/traces-of-the-geologist/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/traces-of-the-geologist/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:49:22 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=35783 I haven’t really considered myself a geologist for a while now. However, once a geologist always a geologist and we just can’t help ourselves ‘geologising’! Depositional Detectives One of the ways that this manifests itself is in the examination of depositional environments and wondering how they would appear in the geologic record if preserved in...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/traces-of-the-geologist/feed/ 1 35783 Archaeopteryx in Aberystwyth https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/02/archaeopteryx-in-aberystwyth/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/02/archaeopteryx-in-aberystwyth/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2017 07:47:56 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23750 Would you believe it, after all these years (150 million or so to be accurate!) Archaeopteryx is in Aberystwyth. Archaeopteryx, which had a 1m (3.2ft) wing span, is believed to be the link between prehistoric dinosaurs and the modern bird. It’s fossil, one of only 12 found is being displayed in the Old College from 14...

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