How to make oil in a few easy steps
(When you have read this blog post, you will appreciate how lucky we are to have oil!) During the last posts, I have taken you on a tour along the […]
Author Archives: Karsten Eig
Q: Where does oil come from?
A: Kimmeridge Bay, where rocks burn!
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 […]
The Seven Sisters: How Cretaceous beauties made Norway rich
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 […]
Light Beer: the Cretaceous’s so bright I gotta wear shades!
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 […]
Lyme Regis, the cradle of paleontology
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 […]
Why pebble beaches are the best – and how to make one
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 […]
Ladram Bay: A Pandora in England
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 […]
How to fry and spice rocks, in Porthleven, Cornwall
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 […]
How to bike the English Channel Coast (with help of plane and trains)
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 […]
Mines, men and clotted cream in Cornwall
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 […]