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Pretty crossbeds from Hovedøya

10. May 2014by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

OK, folks, here is another post of Early Paleozoic sediments from Hovedøya, near Oslo. Because that’s the closest to my home I find pretty sedimentary rocks. This time, the I […]

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Geology photography, Norway, Oslo area, Palaeozoic, Sand, shale and gravel

Pretty sedimentology from Hovedøya in the Oslo fjord

23. April 2013by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

For no particular reason, I took a trip to Hovedøya, one of the islands in the fjord just south of Oslo. These islands consist of the ”Cambrosilurian”, Cambrian to Silurian […]

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Geology photography, Palaeozoic, Sand, shale and gravel

Glaciers: The slow sculptors

20. April 2015by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

It’s springsummertime in Oslo! Sun! 20 plus! Hepaticas are in full bloom on the Cambrosilurian on Hovedøya! Any better time for one last escape back to the lovely, cold Arctic? […]

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Geology photography, Glaciers and other cold stuff, Norway, Quaternary, Sand, shale and gravel, Svalbard/Spitsbergen

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