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Malta: A country shaped by limestone (and a bit of very old poo) | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. Malta: A country shaped by limestone (and a bit of very old poo). Sand, shale and gravel. If one word could sum up the Mediterranean island nation of Malta, it would be limestone . Limestone has shaped the islands’ topography, their economy and possibly black bank accounts. It has also made Malta a paradise for carbonate geology studies and diving. And their development was controlled by changes in the sea level of the Mediterranean th...

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Canary Islands | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. Category Archives: Canary Islands. Volcano Noir: More Art by El Teide. Our favorite volcano of the month paints not only grand landscapes, but also petite, nonfigurative studies. These beautiful bands of dark and light ash are found in a road cut […]. Read Article →. El Teide, the great impressionist. Read Article →. Sand, shale and gravel. El Teide: The third tallest mountain in the world – and home to the devil! Read Article →. It is...

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Easter on sparagmite | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. Sand, shale and gravel. Easter is behind us, and being Very Very Norwegian. I can provide the politically correct answer to the question what did you do for the Easter vacation? History.). It is mandatory to enjoy copious amounts of oranges, Kvikk Lunsj. Google-map, to show the location of Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen in central Norway, an hour drive north of Lilyhammer. Then came along the Caledonian orogeny, and metaed the sediments met...

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Gran Canaria: The Miniature Continent | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. Gran Canaria: The Miniature Continent. You know the tourist drill: Charter flight. Cerveza. Hotel, all-inclusive. If on budget in Playa del Ingles, which looks like a high-rise-block working class suburb that someone dropped from the sky into the Gran Canarian half desert. If on higher budget, in Maspalomas or another of the posh suburb-lookalikes. Beach, sun, sunburns, more cerveza, fly home. 8211; which strictly speaking mean ravines.

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Roque Nublo, Gran Canaria: The big finger to the sky | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. Roque Nublo, Gran Canaria: The big finger to the sky. It is a grey day in the mountains. White fog is everywhere, and embraces the pine trees on the steep hills. Drizzle in the air, just enough to make me wipe the lens every half minute. My feet slip on the path. Then the fog lightens. Slowly, just enough to reveal a blue sky above and is it an enormous totem pole? Is this really Gran Canaria? Gran Canaria is built by volcanoes, where ...

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Glaciers and other cold stuff | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. Category Archives: Glaciers and other cold stuff. Glaciers: The slow sculptors. It’s springsummertime in Oslo! Hepaticas are in full bloom on the Cambrosilurian on Hovedøya! Any better time for one last escape back to the lovely, cold Arctic? Read Article →. Glaciers and other cold stuff. Sand, shale and gravel. A visit to Mordor – a.k.a. Hornsund, Svalbard. Read Article →. Glaciers and other cold stuff. Read Article →. On Kjell Tveter...

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Spain | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. Gran Canaria: The Miniature Continent. You know the tourist drill: Charter flight. Cerveza. Hotel, all-inclusive. If on budget in Playa del Ingles, which looks like a high-rise-block working class suburb that someone dropped from the […]. Read Article →. The rainbow at the end of the ash: Barranco del Medio, Gran Canaria. 8211; Sorry, honey, we will be here for a while. Enjoy your book while I shoot the rainbow! Read Article →. How to ...

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How to reach me | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. How to reach me. Want to buy an image? A lecture on how geology shapes society? Please use the contact information below:. 2 responses to “ How to reach me. 9 July 2016 at 18:35. Best regards, Susan. PS we both think Norway is lovely! 10 July 2016 at 21:00. Thanks a lot for your kind words! Glad it was useful! Brian Cox of geology…that would certainly be an ego boost! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published.

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The Knight’s Leap across the Hipster Troll’s pots | Adventures in geology - Karsten Eig

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Adventures in geology – Karsten Eig. A geologist’s look at the world. The Knight’s Leap across the Hipster Troll’s pots. Geologi in culture and folklore. So the saga says. May be more fairy tale than truth – the names vary – but the place is real: Ridderspranget. Is a gorge in the River Sjoa, approximately as mid in south Norway as can be. The mighty gorge has a geological tale to tell. In fact, it has two. Looking down into the gorge, and also up and down the river, we can see that the rock walls are ro...