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Stretching Greece: The Corinth rift basin

21. January 2024by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

Study geology, they said. Join the oil industry, they said. Travel to exotic and spectacular places, see open landscapes, they said. See the office landscape and spend most of your […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Geology sorted by Country, Greece, Sand, shale and gravel, Tips, Travel Tips

The priest’s half a billion year old bathtub: A sand volcano in Skåne, Sweden

2. September 2023by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

Half a billion years ago, in the early Cambrian, some water, trapped in a sand bottom in a tropical sea, decided it wanted to get out. The water pushed its […]

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Cambrian, Geology photography, Sand, shale and gravel, Sweden, Travel Tips

Sand, wind and the lighthouse that escaped from the sea: Klitter and klinter at Rubjerg Knude, Denmark

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Denmark is the cosy little country, with klitter, klinter and kanelsnegler – sand ridges, sea cliffs and cinnamon buns. But det søde, bløde land – the sweet, soft country, shrinks […]

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Denmark, Geology and society, Geology in culture and folklore, Glaciers and other cold stuff, Quaternary, Travel Tips

The Værlandet conglomerate, Western Norway: Beautiful gift from an ancient Himalaya

2. September 2020by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

Dear blog, It’s been a while. I know. Stuff has happened. That virus, luckily it has only hit my travels, or caused the lack thereof. And something small, but very […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Devonian, Mountain Ranges, Norway, Palaeozoic, Sand, shale and gravel, Silurian, Travel Tips, Western Norway

Møns Klint – where Denmark was born

18. December 2019by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

There is something about mighty white cliffs. During World war II, the iconic White Cliffs of Dover was a symbol of freedom, of Britain as the bulwark against the nazi […]

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Cretaceous, Denmark, Geology in culture and folklore, Mesozoic, Travel Tips

Where the dinosaurs died: The white cliffs of Stevns Klint in Denmark

15. January 2019by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

When God had finished His creation of the Earth, He discovered that He had made a slight miscalculation. He had some sediments in spare. After considering a new moon just […]

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Cenozoic, Cretaceous, Denmark, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Sand, shale and gravel, Travel Tips

Süd-Tirol and Alto Adige: How the Dolomites made the land of two languages

5. November 2018by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

Süd-Tirol is where good apples come from. Anyone who has eaten apples know the name, and probably thinks Süd-Tirol is in Austria or Germany. But Süd-Tirol is the very northernmost […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Dolomites, Geology and society, The Alps, Travel Tips, Triassic

Tre Cime de Lavaredo: The landmark of the Dolomites

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We went to the Dolomites in the late half of September. End of the summer tourist season. We were the last guests on the hotel, before they closed the doors […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Dolomites, Italy, The Alps, Travel Tips, Triassic

The Dolomites: when the Alps were a tropical sea

3. May 2018by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

The Dolomites are legendary name to both mountaineers and geologists. The pink and beige mountains, with the characteristic layers, the free-standing towers with flat tables on the top, are on […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Dolomites, Italy, The Alps, Travel Tips, Triassic

Where was the world’s first oil well? Poland!

3. November 2017by Karsten Eig 12 Comments

The first oil well in the world was drilled by Colonel Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania, Cowboyland, in 1859. Everyone in the oil industry, and probably every American child, know the […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Oil and Gas, Poland, Travel Tips

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