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CMS workshop lectures: FILLING THE GAPS – FROM MICROSCOPIC PORE STRUCTURES TO TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN SHALES 

I have been very busy with another publication as part of my doctoral thesis during the last weeks/months. So posting was quiet here and will probably continue to be so for a while. But I recently noticed another open access resource related to clay science that might be of interested especially to the folks interested in porosity, permeability and fluid flow in shales and clays. This is the

Old fieldwork pictures from Peru 

Things have been quiet here recently due to job hunting and working on my doctoral thesis and related publications. Going through my back-up files I came upon a number of fieldwork images from my ore exploration student internship in Peru. It ignited some nostalgia about those great times in the Andes! Here are some pictures... Trujillo cathedral. Trujillo city hall. Desert and

Returning to life 

This blog has been idle for eons. The doctoral thesis and project is in its final year. My first publication has been accepted in early 2015 for publication in the Clay Minerals Journal. The 2nd publication is in the pipeline. Data for the 3rd is complete. Searching for a new job. Before christmas, I hope, I willl defend my thesis. Then move on to new adventures in geoscience - or should I

Mediterranean Environmental Research Group (GRAM) 

By Marc Oliva   The Mediterranean Environmental Research Group, (GRAM) from the University of Barcelona has over 20 years of working experience in the field of the effects of forest fires on soil properties. In 1998 the doctoral thesis entitled “Fire effects on soil properties, the role of fire intensity” carried out by Xavier Úbeda

Lurdusaurus: stupidest looking iguanodontian, and... a pneumatic ornithischian at last? 

One of the strangest Mesozoic dinosaurs ever described has to be the African iguanodontian Lurdusaurus arenatus, named in 1999 for remains from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Gadoufaoua, Niger (Taquet & Russell 1999). The Elrhaz Formation has also yielded the sail-backed iguanodontian Ouranosaurus, the rebbachisaurid sauropod Nigersaurus, the theropods Kryptops, Suchomimus and Eocarcharia, and the crocodilians Anatosuchus and Sarcosuchus. [Adjacent Lurdusaurus image by Luis Rey, [...]

Academic Hierarchy In Germany 

New York Times carried a story on the controversial resignation of German Defence Minister  Mr. Guttenburg on allegations that he plagiarized parts of his doctoral thesis. On what a degree means in Germany: Ms. Merkel, a former academic married to a professor, was being accused of belittling intellectual property theft and, by implication, the value of an advanced degree, which is not