Oh, we’re looking forward to running another Zechstein field excursion together with the irrepressible Maurice Tucker in a couple of weeks. The Durham coast really is pretty spectacular, and the ubiquitous Zechstein outcrops are fascinating and enigmatic in equal measure. As part of our prep for the upcoming trip, this week we’ve been back to…

Does it seem to you that people are spending less time on geological fieldwork and fieldtrips these days? With this in mind, we’re super-happy to be sponsoring the field excursion to the Wessex Basin that follows the “Tectonic Stress: from the lithosphere to the wellbore” conference at the Geological Society, London next week. There’s an…

We love field geology, and we’ll rarely miss an opportunity to take our fellow geoscientists out to see and discuss the rocks in outcrop. But there’s a time and place for everything – and December in the Outer Hebrides is not ideal. December in the Zagros isn’t either! So what better time of year to…