Tame view from a train In the water East of Orton, A cormorant Had caught an Unmanageable perch.
Cold-water soft corals "as far as the eye can see" in the Funk Island Deep marine refuge: gazette.mun.ca/research/a-r....
Researchers say it is rare to find such densities of cold-water soft coral species,
The other place is a mess and Threads is impenetrably tangly, but I forgot my password here. Anyway, here I am.
This year's Yorkshire Fossil Festival is our 10th, and we're bringing the Festival to Redcar for the first time, over the late May bank holiday weekend. If you'd like to join us, as an exhibitor, trader, or volunteer, please get involved! yorkshirefossilfestival.co.uk/get-involved/
If you've a dull moment in need of brightening up, there are some new bits on the Blog, Garden and Poetry tabs at osteoconnor.wordpress.com.
Landscapes, people, life, music etc
Normally 3 to 4 core plugs are taken per meter of core, but sometimes that just won’t do! This Carboniferous sandstone sample we received as part of a core donation was clearly of great importance and those sampling it were keen not to miss any key sections! #Geology#Subsurface
Outcrop of metasandstone in the 1.7 billion year old Yavapai Schist in central Arizona USA that has some intriguing relict sedimentary structures, including trough and hummocky cross-stratification and cobble-sized rip-up clasts. The huge hummocky crossbeds, with rip-ups, could be a tsunamite. 🧪⚒️
The BSRG Aberystwyth Fieldtrip focuses on the latest insights in submarine gravity flow research, and is open to post/graduate students and Early Career Researchers from the UK and across Europe👇
