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Q: Where does oil come from?
A: Kimmeridge Bay, where rocks burn!

18. November 2015by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

It’s time for some memories from old days…a few years back, from, probably, the closest petroleum geologists get to pilgrimage: Kimmeridge Bay, a troll’s stone throw east of Weymouth. Still […]

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Dorset, England, Geology and society, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Oil and Gas

The Seven Sisters: How Cretaceous beauties made Norway rich

11. November 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

The white cliffs of Dover are English icons, just like cream tea and football, before oligarchs bought the teams. But how many know about their twin sisters in Sussex? Some […]

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Cretaceous, England, Geology and society, Norway, Oil and Gas, Sand, shale and gravel, Sussex

Light Beer: the Cretaceous’s so bright I gotta wear shades!

30. October 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

On our tour along the channel coast, we have been to the Triassic and Jurassic, and now for the third part of the trifle: the Cretaceous. We leave the grey […]

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Cretaceous, Devon, England, Sand, shale and gravel, Travel Tips

Lyme Regis, the cradle of paleontology

13. October 2015by Karsten Eig 3 Comments

On the English Channel coast, in Dorset, Lyme Regis is a small, cosy town, with white houses and a long pebble beach. At first glance, one of many cute overload […]

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Dorset, England, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Travel Tips

Why pebble beaches are the best – and how to make one

8. October 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

We all love a day on the beach! The sun, the salt water, fish playing, sand castles, a good book and ice cream. The soft sand… …the sand, which creeps […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Devon, England, Palaeozoic, Sand, shale and gravel, Triassic

Ladram Bay: A Pandora in England

30. September 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

I stand on the edge of the cliff. Below me, the sea, and the eternal sound of breaking waves and screaming seagulls, riding the air, mocking my fear of stepping […]

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Devon, England, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Geology photography, Mesozoic, Sand, shale and gravel, Triassic

How to fry and spice rocks, in Porthleven, Cornwall

24. September 2015by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

Porthleven is a cute village by the sea in Cornwall. One of many vibrant fishing villages turned tourist town in summer and (I assume) fairly slumbering in the winter. White […]

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Carboniferous, Cornwall, Crash'n'bang geology, Devonian, England, Mines & Metals, Palaeozoic, Tips

How to bike the English Channel Coast (with help of plane and trains)

22. September 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

The garden of England. The cradle of geology. The buffer zone against the frog eaters. Dear Channel Coast has many names, and from the wild coast of Cornwall to rolling […]

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England, Travel Tips

Mines, men and clotted cream in Cornwall

18. September 2015by Karsten Eig 5 Comments

Hi, Blog! Daddy’s back from the summer break. Or “summer” break. I know, you have been lonely, during the time when Norway is on pause, because we all go on […]

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Carboniferous, Cornwall, Devonian, England, Geology and society, Mines & Metals, Palaeozoic, Tips

The Knight’s Leap across the Hipster Troll’s pots

6. July 2015by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

Once upon a time, the brave knight Sigvat, advisor to the King, got letter from a beautiful maiden who was forced into engagement with another knight, Eldjarn. Eldjarn means «fire-iron», […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Geology in culture and folklore, Geology photography, Norway, Palaeozoic, Quaternary

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