Category: Interpreting ancient environments

January 21, 2025

We tend to forget that, despite the plethora of lithofacies and stratigraphic models of turbidites,

January 21, 2025

Physical experiments on natural systems commonly employ scaled models. A guiding principle of model design

January 21, 2025

Experimental modeling of geological processes has a long and distinguished history. Throughout, these experiments were

October 10, 2024

This biography is part of the series Pioneering women in Earth Sciences – the link

September 5, 2024

I wonder whether James R. Beerbower had any inkling that his paper on alluvial fan

August 5, 2024

A look at the modern settings for carbonate platform deposits on Aitutaki volcanic island and

July 20, 2024

Prevailing scientific wisdom tells us that volcanic seamounts and oceanic islands are forged from magma

July 1, 2024

Seamounts and volcanic islands – the foundations for atolls and fringing reefs. A historical interlude

May 25, 2024

Every geological outcrop tells a story. How often do you pass a road-side rock outcrop

May 24, 2024

This post focuses on sandbox models and what they tell us about the mechanics and