Recent Comments
Creative Commons License
Apparent Dip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Category Archives: impending thermochronocracy
Brian Greene in the NY Times
The better half and I just returned from vacation this week (contrary to the comment I recently received, the blog break has not been NSF-induced, but rather from an incredible week + vacationing.) I am adjusting to the time and … Continue reading
Mother’s Day
Every mother’s day I tend to balance my general dislike for the Hallmark Holidays with my overwhelming love, thanks, and appreciation for my mom. My balance usually ends up with me calling her, something I should do more often. While … Continue reading
Posted in impending thermochronocracy
2 Comments
Thermochronologic Sampling
I’ve posted about thermochronology and mineral separations (twice), but I realized that I haven’t yet gone over the field work aspect of thermochronology. Now, I’ll admit up front that the field work I do is not very hard core. There … Continue reading
FT2008 Early Registration Deadline
The early registration deadline for the 11th International Conference on Thermochronometry is tomorrow! Get the purchase card and sign up now, otherwise your grant will have to pony up another 50$. All the information you’ll need can be found here. … Continue reading
Great Gift Idea for that Geochronologist in Your Life
I just wanted to mirror a post on the Arizona Geology Blog in case you know any geochronologists with upcoming birthdays, or wanted to get a head start on the Holiday shopping season. This could be the very first gift … Continue reading
Eocene Farallon Lithospheric Chalupa
Also see my second post relating to the Farallon Plate here. This past Friday I was talking with some of the people in my research group and we ended up discussing our favorite published figures. This is easy for me, … Continue reading
Apparent Dip Music Club #6 – Stan Rogers
When I first started blogging, I had a regular feature I called the Apparent Dip music club. I’d find video clips on YouTube, embed them within a post, and boo-yah, instant entertainment. I haven’t done this for a while; primarily … Continue reading
Posted in impending thermochronocracy, music
5 Comments
Closure Temperature
I’ve alluded in some of my previous posts (aquí und hier) to one of the fundamental concepts of thermochronology, the idea of a closure temperature. Today I ended up re-reading some of the first thermochronology papers I ever read, back … Continue reading
Brett Favre Shrimp Dip
And other search terms Apparent Dip is the #1 Google hit for: brett favre shrimp dip electric triscuit disaggregation severely emotionally disturbed thermochronology extraneous Ar reservoir urlacher apparent moses I found the “brett favre shrimp dip” one from looking at … Continue reading
Posted in impending thermochronocracy
1 Comment
Predicting Science News
Andrew over at About.com (the geology page) posted his fantastic idea for the upcoming Fall AGU meeting. Prior to the meeting he tries to predict what ten research projects presented at AGU would get the most print. That is, which … Continue reading
Apparent Dip 