Geology

Utah and the Line of Beauty

Canyonlands National Park and the shapes of scenery [2100 words 12-15 min

Dec 25, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

spectres, spectra and weird optical effects

Dec 11, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Lovable limestone

and a moment of déja view in the Yorkshire Dales [1200 words 5 mins

Nov 6, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Getting passionate about volcanic ash [1100 words 5 mins

Oct 2, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Schellenberg Ice Hole

Ice underground inside a Bavarian mountaintop [1250 words 6 mins

Aug 21, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Scratching the surface

Striae and slickensides, marks made by glaciers and marks made by great movements of the Earth [1200 words 5 mins

May 15, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Tors for thought

Grim granite lanscapes – Dartmoor, the Cairngorms – have the silliest of decorative ornament up on top: the granite tors. [1300 words, 5 mins

Feb 28, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

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