Hot water: Wealth from beneath
Iceland. The land of Ice and Fire. Today, more fire than usual, and we geo nerds hope for a long-lasting repetition of the Krafla fires, which played their theatre in […]
Author Archives: Karsten Eig
Pretty crossbeds from Hovedøya
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 […]
A nice fault on the way to work
All my faults are normal, but I can reverse them…is an old joke among us structural geology nerds. But there is no reason to reverse this prettier-than-normal fault, which actually […]
Three peaks and a mystery: A geologist walks Corsica
7 AM. Outside the tent, it’s still dark. Only the rays of headlight torches penetrate the morning mist. Stiff bodies crawl out from light, hence too small, tents. With one […]
Mount Etna from the air
On the way to Malta, we flew over Mount Etna. In accordance with Murphy’s Law, the Volcano that had been humming along nearly continuously the last year, was quiet. But […]
Malta: A country shaped by limestone (and a bit of very old poo)
If one word could sum up the Mediterranean island nation of Malta, it would be “limestone”. Limestone has shaped the islands’ topography, their economy and possibly black bank accounts. It […]
Er alternativbransjen ond?
Da jeg var på vei til jobben i dag, måtte jeg plutselig spørre meg selv om et etisk dilemma: Er alternativbransjen snill eller slem? I egne øyne er alternativbransjen ikke […]
Rdd SMS sprk1 før d r for s1t!
SMS-språket er truet! De såkalte smarte telefonene og ordbøkene deres har fjernet behovet for færrest mulig tastetrykk. (Vel, smarte telefoner…jeg håper Steve Jobs har det godt og varmt iHelsike). Det […]
Tale for gårsdagen!
Gratulerer med dagen! Frihet! Barn! 17. mai! Toget! Alle skal vise at vi setter pris på verdens beste demokrati i verdens rikeste land! 1814! Grunnloven! Eidsvold! Wergeland! Kongen! Dronningen! Men […]
Pretty sedimentology from Hovedøya in the Oslo fjord
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 […]