The hugely popular GeoCinema returns to this year’s General Assembly! Featuring 42 films that cover a huge range of geoscientific disciplines From short documentaries to full-length movies, this event runs almost continuously in the GeoCinema (Room B12) from 10:30-19:00 every day of the Assembly. You can download the GeoCinema schedule, together with film descriptions here.
Geology for Global Development
Friday Photo (71): Geologists in the Field – Dorset
Students in Dorset, taking a close look at some vertical bedding. Send us your favourite photos of geologists at work in the field! Credit: Joel Gill (c) Geology for Global Development 2013
GeoLog
Union-wide events at the 2013 General Assembly
At the 2013 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union there are a variety of Union-wide sessions, summarised below. Union Meetings (UM) These meetings are open to Union members; though note some are invitation-only events. Of particular importance is the Plenary (UM8) in Room D on Monday 8 April from 12:15 to 13:15 in Room R1. This is an annual event, open to all EGU members and all Gener ...[Read More]
GeoLog
Short courses at the 2013 General Assembly
There are 14 short courses at the EGU General Assembly 2013. Short courses are great opportunities to learn about a subject or further your knowledge in a particular area. The short courses at this year’s General Assembly are listed below. SC1 Short Course: Tipping Points in the Geosciences (also listed as NP1.5) SC2 Short Course: Nonlinear Time Series Analysis (also listed as NP1.6) SC3 Sh ...[Read More]
Geology for Global Development
Guest Blog: Women and Aid
Nikita Kaushal is a postgraduate student in the Earth Sciences Department at the University of Oxford. Here she shares some of the key ideas about the role of women in development discussed during the 2013 OxFID conference. Should Aid and development start with women? Gender inequality cuts across all races and communities. In development circles, women are touted as the magic cure because ...[Read More]
GeoSphere
Geology Photo of the Week #25
The photo for this week is something a bit different. It is a piece from my personal collection that was self collected. Ok, full disclosure, my dad actually found it, but I was over on another rock pile in the quarry and finding jack at the time…so it is self collected….I did help extract it after he found it. I should also mention that they were repaired and enhanced by a professiona ...[Read More]
GeoLog
Imaggeo on Mondays: Metamorphosis
This fold is part of the metamorphic core of the Pyrenees. The shear zone is almost vertical, producing a small parasitic fold (a smaller fold within a larger one), which looks almost as if it continues into the sky. The metamorphic sediments are about 500 million years old and have been deformed several times, most recently during the alpine orogeny. The alpine orogeny was period of extensive mou ...[Read More]
Geology for Global Development
Women and Natural Hazards
“Women and children first” went the call from the deck of the titanic. And then of course Jack sacrificed his own life to save Rose, who was afloat on what admittedly looked like a raft with more than enough space for two. Chivalrous though this picture is, the reality is very different – in most disasters women seem to suffer a disproportionate number of injuries and deaths. Mos ...[Read More]
GeoLog
Presenting at the 2013 General Assembly
Oral Presentations The guidelines for oral presentations are online. The link also specifies the equipment available in each room (laptop, microphone, laser pointer, ability to hook up your own laptop, etc.). Oral presentations this year are in four 90-minute time blocks, with each talk being about 12 minutes long with 3 minutes for questions. Please be in the presentation room approximately 30 mi ...[Read More]
Geology for Global Development
Friday Photo (70): Geologists in the Field – Debrief on the Beach
Undergraduates have a debriefing session on the beach in Dorset to discuss the geological history of the cliff face in the background. (c) Geology for Global Development 2013