Simon Wellings

@metageologist

I write about the Earth Sciences. Look around you: if it wasn't farmed it was mined. PhD. Loves lidar.

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    May 23

    Every time a map is made, choices are made about what show. OS maps emphasise the location of hotels and parking (rather than other things) due to conscious choices. Geological maps are just the same. 1/

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    Oct 27

    We have some fabulous music coming up for you this season. First, in November, , our advent concert, featuring Bach's glorious Cantata 36 and an array of twentieth-century advent carols. A cheerful programme for a dark autumn evening!

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  3. Nov 12

    Drill caked in chalk, confirming what lies underneath Central Reading.

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    Nov 11

    It's publication day for - huzzah! Any spottings in the wild yet?

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  5. Nov 9

    From the Molephone to Cave-Link. During rescues, cavers can send messages through solid rock, over distances >1km, (provided there aren't too many mineral veins). Fascinating article:

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  6. Nov 7

    Roooooot

    I know I've been posting a lot of Stigmaria... and roots aren't inherently that interesting. But come on. Look at these things!
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    Nov 4

    “It’s ludicrous to think of this peak being ignored… an airy position, a maritime kiss to the air, and a view powerful enough to melt your brain.” Appreciating Gars-beinn, the Cuillin’s ‘tiddler’ - as seen from the high side. Words and pic from my book The Black Ridge.

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    Oct 29

    I'm still puzzling about these, seen near Little Asby limestone pavement, Westmorland Dales. Lots of corals, brachiopods & some crinoid stems in the rocks, but these ...? Can anyone help?

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    Oct 27

    I am thrilled to share a new paper, out today, by PhD student . We share multiple lines of evidence that people were in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) centuries before European "discovery." 1/n

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    Oct 27

    Some rocks are just there to be watched in awe. Rosso Ammonitico nodular limestone. Northern Apennines.

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  11. Oct 26

    The best current explanation of the formation of the Earth and Moon requires a huge impact between two planets. This force of impact melted *everything* leaving two balls of molten rock and metal to form in space. We now live on one of them and look up at the other.

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  12. Oct 26

    Metamorpheous wants to take you back to the beginning...

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    Oct 26

    The micro-crystalline morse-code music of William T. Astbury & Kathleen Yardley’s Space-group Diagrams

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    Oct 24

    These large landslides in Valles Marineris, Mars, have beautiful shapes and patterns [CTX images by NASA/JPL/MSSS]

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  15. Oct 24

    I enjoyed my visit yesterday to in Cambridge. But displays like this give me The Fear as they remind me of memorising fossil names preparing for finals.

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    Oct 21

    84 million years ago, did the Earth's entire surface tip over & then tip back? New evidence supports the case for "true polar wander."

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  17. Oct 21

    What Metamorpheous says is all true: The earth's outer core - between 2,900 to 5,200km below your feet (closer to me than New York) - produces the earth's magnetic field, that protects us from the solar wind. Space stations require shielding to keep astronauts safe from it.

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  18. Oct 21

    This Metamorpheous chap is full of startling geological facts.

    What if I told you: That 3,000 km below your feet, right now a churning ball of molten iron is protecting you from a killer space wind.
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    Oct 19

    Evidence of isostatic sea level change (land risen) due to tectonic activity.

    A new volcanic islet has emerged along the Ogasawara island chain, which isn’t that rare. What’s rare is for sunken ships from WWII to emerge with it:
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  20. Oct 17

    Look at these total units

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  21. Oct 16

    I found this terrifying beast lurking in my garden today.

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