Back home on the Triassic sandstone

Visiting my native village (Helsby, Cheshire) over the holidays and continuing to find myself spotting examples of cross-bedding. This is Triassic sandstone, laid down in a desert environment, so the cross-bedding is quite large: the little flashlight is 9.5cm long. Helsby Hill is the type location for this formation: the Helsby sandstone formation, part ofContinue reading Back home on the Triassic sandstone

Spring is here, and the invaders with it

I’m working at home today, plugging away at a paper on the MLS measurements of sulphur dioxide from volcanos. But it is too nice outside to stay out of the garden entirely.  Gooseberry bushes look particularly attractive about now, with their fresh new leaves and the tiny flowers hidden among them. But this is, ofContinue reading Spring is here, and the invaders with it