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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

Pretty crossbeds from Hovedøya

10. May 2014by karsten Leave a comment

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 […]

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Geology photography, Norway, Oslo area, 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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