Adventures in Geography

Those of you who have been following some of my blog posts may have seen a spurt of activity last month.  As I was on a roll, diving into the literature surrounding the evolution of the theories of landscape development, and becoming increasingly excited as the vista opened up so to speak, with suddenly more and more corners to explore – and by corners, I mean new topics to be investigated.  It all kind of cascades downwards and it’s a wonderful thing to experience.

Since then I have been trying to get the Dinosaur Park and Geology Centre up and running, which has been great fun and loads of work, and have also been trying to do my consulting work.  And the latter has taken me to a diamond mine in Botswana where I am now locked away for 10 days due to a positive Covid test.  Locked into a place for long periods drives you a bit nuts.

So in this time I thought that I would write a few more blog posts, but it is not as easy as that.  Being away from the surge of creativity for a month leaves me on the edge of some high tide mark, with the waters now receded.  Not that the tide isn’t going to rise again, but it is not so easy just to dive back into the finer points of geomorphology when one has been dealing with the likes of curing time for concrete, CNC routing, steel prices and more latterly the location of instruments to monitor the performance of mine infrastructure.

I am hoping to get home for Christmas in spite of Covid’s best attempts to keep me away.  So looking forward to getting the Dinosaur Park open in the new year, and so looking forward to your visit and having the conversation.  And not to mention the Rock and Sky courses which we were planning to launch fairly early in the new year.

Evolution of Landscapes

We take an in depth and integrated look at how our Earth formed, the development of plate tectonics, how this operating system drives the rock cycle to form the rock trinity of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.  We also dive into the formation of fold mountains, folding, faulting and igneous intrusions.  And armed with this knowledge we then venture out onto the peneplains and pediplains to do battle with scarp retreat and the evolution of landscapes.

About the author 

I am an Earth Scientist, with degrees from South African and British Universities.  When I am not consulting, I am blogging, making movies, building websites, sculpting dinosaurs and engaging with the world on all things geological and geographical.

Gerald Davie

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