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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

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

Why pebble beaches are the best – and how to make one

8. October 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

We all love a day on the beach! The sun, the salt water, fish playing, sand castles, a good book and ice cream. The soft sand… …the sand, which creeps […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Devon, England, Palaeozoic, Sand, shale and gravel, Triassic

Ladram Bay: A Pandora in England

30. September 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

I stand on the edge of the cliff. Below me, the sea, and the eternal sound of breaking waves and screaming seagulls, riding the air, mocking my fear of stepping […]

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Devon, England, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Geology photography, Mesozoic, Sand, shale and gravel, Triassic

A visit to Mordor – a.k.a. Hornsund, Svalbard

7. April 2015by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

Tuff – tuff – tuff… MS Origo moves slowly thorugh the water, her engine puffing, almost as taking a pause to think and look around between each stroke. She is […]

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Carboniferous, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology photography, Glaciers and other cold stuff, Mesozoic, Norway, Palaeozoic, Precambrian, Quaternary, Svalbard/Spitsbergen, Triassic

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

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