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Category Archives: Jurassic

How to make oil in a few easy steps

4. January 2016by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

(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 […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Cretaceous, Devon, Dorset, England, Geology and society, Geology photography, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Oil and Gas, Sand, shale and gravel, Triassic

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

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

How to see 170 million years in two kilometres

1. February 2015by Karsten Eig 3 Comments

I am a petroleum geologist for my day time job. Petroleum geologists study sedimentary rocks, because they are the ones that contain oil (sand and limestones) or are the source […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Cretaceous, Geology photography, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Norway, Oil and Gas, Palaeozoic, Permian, Sand, shale and gravel, Svalbard/Spitsbergen, Triassic

Geology forensics: That’s my fault, Sherlock!

1. December 2014by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

Geologists love to play detectives. Often, we find rocks that just do not look right, that should’t be just that way, even may seem self contradicting. Enter our inner Sherlocks, […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Devonian, Geology photography, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Palaeozoic, Scotland

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