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Pretty sedimentology from Hovedøya in the Oslo fjord

23. April 2013by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

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

Eldfell – the youngster volcano

20. April 2013by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

1:55 AM, January 23rd 1973: – Honey, there is a volcano in our backyard! – Yeah, right, Steingrimur, get back to sleep now! I do not know if this talk […]

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Cenozoic, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology and society, Geology photography, Iceland, Quaternary, Volcanoes

Fossil treasures of Denmark, 55 million years ago

2. February 2013by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

When God had finished creating the Earth, He had some sand and gravel in excess. To get rid of it, the story goes, He dumped it in the southern North […]

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Cenozoic, Crash'n'bang geology, Denmark, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Geology and society, Geology photography, Sand, shale and gravel

La Gomera: The Green Pearl of the Canary Islands

19. November 2012by Karsten Eig 5 Comments

Ladies’n gangsters! For the benefit of a possible other reader outside Viking lands, this blog will occasionally publish posts in Foreignish. (Foreignish for those who are foreign for those who […]

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Canary Islands, Cenozoic, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology and society, Geology photography, Spain, Volcanoes

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