Bob on May 17th, 2009

April 11th was our last day of fieldwork on Arran, the 12th was spent travelling back to Glasgow (where I promptly locked myself out of my flat on Easter Sunday – but that’s a whole other story, involving much more swearing and self recrimination).
10:10 AM Apr 12th : Packed up and heading for the ferry [...]

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Bob on May 17th, 2009

Collected Tweets from April 11th. Measuring Dyke thicknesses along a section of coastline at Kildonan to calculate crustal extension. (Again; RJ is Me, HS is Hazel). The weather was truly gorgeous.
8:40 AM Apr 11th : Up and ready for a day in the field. I think we’re measuring wide dykes today. – RJ

I’d apologise for [...]

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Bob on May 17th, 2009

Collected Tweets from April 10th. Walking round from Blackwaterfoot looking at various Paleogene intrusions (Dykes and a Sill), walking across the Triassic/Permian boundary to King’s Cave. (Again; RJ is Me, HS is Hazel)
9:34 AM Apr 10th : Pigtails are the choice of hair style for field trips! At blackwaterfoot goin to look at some ig. [...]

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Bob on May 17th, 2009

Twitter Updates for the 9th of April. (RJ – Robert Jamieson (me), HS – Hazel Scott). Morning spent mapping a transect across the entire Carboniferous at Corrie, afternoon spent touring the Distillery and Brewery.
7:42 AM Apr 9th : In the field from 8:30 this morning to avoid the tides. Brutally early start. – RJ
11:09 AM [...]

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Bob on May 17th, 2009

Twitter Updates for the 8th of April. (RJ – Robert Jamieson (me), HS – Hazel Scott). Most of the day spent mapping Dougrie field, with a stopover at Imachar to look at Dalradian folding.
8:19 AM Apr 8th : Up bright(ish) and earlyish, weather was horrendous last night, not much better this morning. – RJ
10:35 AM [...]

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Bob on May 17th, 2009

Twitter Updates for the 7th of April. (RJ – Robert Jamieson (me), HS – Hazel Scott). A day of Dalradian rocks, followed by Hutton’s Unconformity (well, one of them anyway).
8:23 AM Apr 7th : Early morning in Arran. Weather is truly horrendous. Rain sloshing down, time for porridge. – RJ
8:34 AM Apr 7th : Just [...]

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Bob on May 15th, 2009

Collected Tweets from April 6th. Walk up Glen Sannox, followed by Sedimentary Logging of Old Red Sandstone in Sannox Bay. (Again; RJ is Me, HS is Hazel)

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Bob on May 15th, 2009

Twitter Updates for the 5th of April. (RJ – Robert Jamieson (me), HS – Hazel Scott)

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Bob on May 15th, 2009

Second year Earth Science students at Glasgow University go on a residential field-trip in the Easter Holidays to Arran. While there we look at rocks and landforms stretching from the Late Neoproterozoic through to the Quaternary glaciations.
This year, we liveblogged (sort of) the trip for the department using twitter. Myself (@bobreturns) and Hazel (@miss_jazz) sent [...]

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