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time if a rebranding was a good idea or not i ve focused much of my blogging on earth science and sedimentary geology in particular over the course of the life of or something that name doesn t really represent what this blog is really about plus then i get to choose a geeky name so the new name is drum roll clastic detritus the new url is http clasticdetritus com the new feed is http clasticdetritus com feed hopefully this won t cause too many problems i know some of you receive my posts via feed aggregators e g googlereader so you will have to update that sorry i guess you ll have to update your blogroll lists as well sorry sorry why the switch to wordpress wordpress com allows you to use your own domain but still host it through them although i had to purchase the domain 15 yr i feel that having my own is better in the long run i ve never been fond of how commenting is done in blogger it is often clunky and inefficient i like the idea of having static pages associated with the blog the tabs on the bottom of the header image i like the look and feel of wordpress much better when it comes to aesthetics everyone has their own preferences the navigation for managing the posts pages and comments is also better in my view i also felt the timing of changing the name would be better combined with the blogging software switch the migration was relatively painless all the posts and comments made it over although i haven t gone through everything yet i will write a post about that soon the new url is http clasticdetritus com the new feed is http clasticdetritus com feed this whole switch over is happening at the same time as the accretionary wedge gets under way but i don t foresee any problems posted by brianr at 8 28 2007 0 comments labels science blogs a call for posts for the inaugural edition of the accretionary wedge why do you study geology as of 8 28 07 or something is now called clastic detritus and has moved to http clasticdetritus com you can find this post exactly as it is below here kindly put any comments there but i will be checking both to make sure nothing is missed thanks this move does not affect the accretionary wedge geology carnival it will simply be hosted at my new blog which is pretty much the same as this blog sorry for any confusion or hassles if you are first hearing about the geology blog carnival read this post and associated comments first we are organizing a geology blog carnival called the accretionary wedge what is it and how does it work write a post related to the chosen theme one blogger will collect the posts and then distribute announce there will be a different host each edition me for this one looks like about once a month more or less is a good frequency okay so for the inaugural edition of the accretionary wedge we have come to a consensus that it would be a good idea to introduce ourselves to each other and the blogosphere at large by writing about why you study geology in the first place what aspect of earth planetary science fascinates you the most how or when did you decide this was the path for you and so on this topic is purposefully wide open it can be technical it can be funny it can be serious as the wedge evolves we will come up with other more focused topics for this first one it would be nice to just see the breadth of expertise and personalities the geoblogosphere has to offer please e mail me links to your post by 6pm pacific time this sunday 9 2 i will then put them together and release later that evening with short blurbs introducing each submission please put the word wedge somewhere in the subject of your e mail so i can filter it my e mail is in the about me box on the sidebar if this timing is too soon we can move it although i will be out of town and away from computer from wed 9 5 to mon 9 10 if i don t hear anything in the comments below i ll assume this works for everyone please pass this announcement on to other geology bloggers finally although it s not necessary a simple logo for the carnival would be cool we can discuss that in the comments below posted by brianr at 8 28 2007 3 comments labels geology science blogs the accretionary wedge monday august 27 2007 an e mail i hope to get more often in the midst of trying to write a manuscript dealing with data glitches and putting together the first edition of the accretionary wedge i received an e mail from the chair for a session at the upcoming american geophysical union agu annual meeting in december i sent him a note asking about the session whether it was an oral or poster session and so on and then i get this note back i have added you as an invited author cheers yay one less thing to worry about although i do still have to actually submit something deadline is sept 6th by the way posted by brianr at 8 27 2007 2 comments labels academic life conference saturday august 25 2007 calling all geology bloggers okay i think we are getting somewhere now with getting a geology blog carnival going if you have a geology rich blog and don t know what i m referring to read this post and associated comments from last week first coturnix from a blog around the clock was kind enough to chime in and provide me a link to a post from last year outlining what a blog carnival is and what it should be take a look this is helpful as the comments from last week revealed many of us geo bloggers are aware of carnivals but not quite sure what they are what is a blog carnival a blog carnival is well defined well archived regular rotating linkfest so far we have agreed that the still unnamed geology carnival will be rotating hosted on a different blog each issue regular about once a month more or less and of course providing the links to the posts we are still working on the well defined part of this equation what should it be about this is a tough question here s what i gathered from the comments in the original post last week we don t want to focus on a single discipline within earth sciences e g seismology geochronology sedimentology etc the best aspect of a blogging community is the breadth but we don t want to be completely unfocused either a couple of ways to strike the perfect balance that we thought of so far are to have editions of the carnival focus on a geographic region in this way bloggers can share their expertise and knowledge but we will have a theme within which the hopefully numerous posts will fit similarly focus on a specific geologic time e g cretaceous archean holocene etc share stories and photos about field work or field trips many of us have chosen the path of geology as our scientific discipline because of field experiences at this point it seems there is a decent consensus to have our first edition of _________ to be about a geographic region i think this is a great idea i was also thinking that since plate tectonics is what ties everything together it is our closest thing to a grand unifying theory that for our first edition we should choose a tectonic plate to blog about maybe one of the bigger ones to start in this way we can choose a region but at the same time have a geological foundation from which the individual posts can start any thoughts does a plate theme work for everybody the host of each edition could be the one that gets to choose the plate everybody has their favorite if everybody is on board with this then i can go ahead and put together the first call for posts but please don t hesitate to comment on potential shortcomings of this approach i really want this to be a community decision one final but very important issue we need a name and a logo i don t know maybe plates and periods or something let the brainstorming begin image of plates from here posted by brianr at 8 25 2007 29 comments labels science blogs wilco at the greek you were right about the stars each one is a setting sun that is one of my favorite lines from jeff tweedy the creative foundation for the band wilco we went across the bay last night to see them at the beautiful greek theater on the berkeley campus the weather was perfect and although we got there a little later than we wanted we didn t miss any of wilco s set and got pretty good seats they played a lot of tunes from their newest album sky blue sky which has seen a lot of play on my ipod in the last month or so it s a great record some of the songs are simple even light acoustic guitar melodies while some are more raucous rock songs a few have a very lennon beatles quality to them especially hate it here i am a huge fan of yankee hotel foxtrot 2002 i think that ll always be their best it is their sgt peppers in my eyes but this newest album might be my second favorite the show last night was fantastic a good mix of new and old jeff tweedy is a great performer and the rest of the band members are all excellent musicians i m no wilco historian but i think tweedy and the bassist john stirratt are the only members left from the original line up back in the mid 90s guitarist nels cline is a maniac it was a beautiful night and a great time if wilco comes to your town i highly recommend you shell out the cash to see them photo of wilco from here photo of jeff tweedy from here posted by brianr at 8 25 2007 0 comments labels music sf bay area friday august 24 2007 friday field foto 27 cretaceous marine shale i was browsing my collection of photographs this morning looking for a friday field foto and as happens when you start looking at old photos i was reminded of when we were doing this field work today s photo is from the cretaceous of central utah the book cliffs when i was working on my master s in colorado we took many field trips in the western colorado and east central utah i ve shown some photos from the book cliffs before here here and here what s obvious in the photo is the cliff forming sandstone unit capping the mesa these strata represent the movement of the ancient shoreline through the area the underlying thick shale sequence the drab slope forming gray rocks are offshore marine deposits if you look closely click on the image to get a better view you ll notice a darker gray path heading up the gray slope to the base of the sandstone cliff me and another guy measured a stratigraphic section and took some samples up that hill we were out here helping out another student and this was supplemental data for him he was trying to look at the nature of the marine shale over a thick sequence this falls into the category of hey whatever happened to that data i m pretty unhappy with the quality of embedded images in blogger one shouldn t have to click on an image to get a better view photos on other blogs wordpress for example tend to look much crisper maybe i m just being anal if anyone has any positive or negative comments about wordpress and or migrating a blogger blog to wordpress please comment below posted by brianr at 8 24 2007 6 comments labels friday field foto stratigraphy utah thursday august 23 2007 scientific integrity editorial cartoon contest head over to union of concerned scientists to see all the finalists for this contest they are all pretty good but this one is my favorite posted by brianr at 8 23 2007 1 comments labels anti science cartoon commentary opinion misc science political the personification of nature a preface with a post title like that you might be expecting a long and well written essay well as much as i d like to do that right now i have to have will power and keep working on real work some deadlines are approaching fast and furious instead this post will be a short rant and preface to a longer more organized essay about my dislike for these kinds of phrases mother nature has been really cruel to our state the last four or five days this is a statement from wisconsin governor about recent floods and the effect they ve had on the people of that state i really think that this personification of natural events should stop we all do it and i m not excluding myself i can think of a few instances where i ve made similar remarks maybe you re thinking that this isn t such a big deal that it s merely a colloquialism we use and there is no harm perhaps but i would argue that the practice of demonizing and applauding natural events or systems is unwise and in the long run a detriment to our advancement as a species but i need to cut myself off before i blow off the work i m supposed to be doing right now if i start writing down my reasons for thinking this then next thing i know two hours will have elapsed hopefully i can come back to this topic very soon posted by brianr at 8 23 2007 3 comments labels commentary opinion essay stream of consciousness wednesday august 22 2007 paper out in geology this post can be found at new blog called clastic detritus here a paper i m a co author on is in the september edition of geology i m swamped right now and don t have time to write a coherent post about it but i will soon in the meantime check it out if you have access of course highstand fans in the california borderland the overlooked deep water depositional systems jacob a covault william r normark brian w romans and stephan a graham posted by brianr at 8 22 2007 2 comments labels marine science publication sediment flux sedimentation stratigraphy turbidites tuesday august 21 2007 ideas for a geology blog carnival part 2 update 8 25 07 please see updated post for the latest to all those with earth science rich blogs the success of science blog carnivals such as the boneyard paleontology paleobiology tangled bank variety of biology related topics including ecology evolution and genetics and carnival of the blue ocean sciences makes me yearn for a geology focused carnival so i m hoping that this post can serve as a place to bounce ideas around and get the first edition of this carnival up and running for example should we have a theme do we want it to focus on a particular topic or do we want to highlight the breadth does anyone have a good idea for a name a logo do we want a separate blog site or should we just take turns hosting it let the ideas flow hopefully we can reach some consensus and get the inaugural edition which i can host here up soon posted by brianr at 8 21 2007 29 comments labels science blogs oh my god from the annals of american idiocy i bring you the results of the latest world net daily poll please use as fodder for humor and or evidence for the continued demise of america s grasp and appreciation of science the readers of wnd are a special group if you combine the first two answers the vast majority nearly 80 truly believe this is all a hoax not that we are wrong about the warming or the attribution but that it is all made up to take over the world i e a globalist power agenda i am willing to have discussions with people about the science although i m not a climate scientist i try and keep up but i doubt i could even have that discussion with these people i really hope this is another parody site that duped me into thinking...