November 2010

Showing blog entries tagged as: Geology
Chill winds keep the ravages of time at bay

Chill winds keep the ravages of time at bay

Posted by pt91 at Nov 30, 2010 11:55 AM |

As the winter cold sets in across Britain, it might be a sobering thought that geologists at Leicester have discovered that fierce glacial winds are behind the preservation of fossils in Africa.

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Leicester Geologist goes time-travelling on TV tomorrow

Leicester Geologist goes time-travelling on TV tomorrow

Posted by mjs76 at Nov 18, 2010 05:32 PM |

If you have access to the National Geographic Channel you can catch Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology in a programme called Clash of the Continents.

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Leicester geologist blogs on Eyjef-, Eyiaf-  Ejyafya- ... That Icelandic Volcano

Leicester geologist blogs on Eyjef-, Eyiaf- Ejyafya- ... That Icelandic Volcano

Posted by mjs76 at Nov 08, 2010 10:40 AM |

Difficult to spell, even harder to pronounce, That Icelandic Volcano wreaked havoc across European airspace earlier this year.

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