Combinations of subduction, accretion and extension along the evolving western Pacific margin (Eastern Gondwana) aided the formation of numerous gold deposits during the Phanerozoic. Active magmatism is recycling and concentrating elements as we speak with great examples of juvenile gold deposits forming in New Zealand’s geothermal zones. Global mineral deposit data available on-line through the […]
The QGIS2threejs plugin is an excellent, lightweight utility for the visualisation of surface data such as DEM. But what if your workflow requires the interpretation and visualisation of geophysical data? Fortunately there are a few simple tricks you can perform in QGIS and with this plugin to easily visualise other gridded data types. You can […]
After driving through what seemed like endless, Oregon pine forest we arrived, in the snow, at a small car park high above shimmering blue water. Once out of the car the natural viewpoint opened widely to the north revealing high, rocky cliffs that encircled a vast lake. A conical, pine-speckled island broke up the lakes’ […]
I’m sure many of us have been strolling along the waters edge somewhere and imagined what will happen when sea level rise really begins to impact our coastal regions. What would happen to your favorite beach? How would that flash house behind the dunes be affected? Should we move further inland or build a house on […]
