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Category Archives: Cambrian

Ediacarans: The fossils that should not be there

27. May 2019by karsten 2 Comments

The Ediacara Hills is a hot, dry area in the middle of nowhere in South Australia. A place people go if they must, like for mining for uranium and other […]

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Australia, Cambrian, Ediacaran, England, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Norway, Precambrian

How life makes life on Earth possible

21. December 2018by karsten 5 Comments

Without life, the Earth would not be a place suitable for life. Sounds like a Catch-22? You bet. But it is true. In this blog post, we will explore how […]

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Cambrian, Crash'n'bang geology, Devonian, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Glaciers and other cold stuff, Science and philosophy, Svalbard/Spitsbergen, Volcanoes

One billion years in a few images

8. July 2017by karsten Leave a comment

Time goes by. In geology, lots of time goes by, and it is easy to loose perspective. If we cram the whole history of the Earth into one year, the […]

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Cambrian, Carboniferous, Crash'n'bang geology, Glaciers and other cold stuff, Norway, Ordovician, Oslo area, Palaeozoic, Precambrian, Quaternary, Sand, shale and gravel, Silurian

Easter on sparagmite

13. April 2015by karsten Leave a comment

Easter is behind us, and being Very Very NorwegianTM, I can provide the politically correct answer to the question «what did you do for the Easter vacation?»: Together with

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Cambrian, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology photography, Norway, Palaeozoic, Sand, shale and gravel

A nice fault on the way to work

8. April 2014by karsten 2 Comments

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 […]

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Cambrian, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology photography, Norway, Oslo area, Palaeozoic, Permian

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