Field geology

I love traveling and geology. And I especially like to combine traveling with geology. Hence, I try to plan my trips to geologically interesting regions. Below you will find a list of posts I have written about some of my geotrips.

Cyprus

Geology of Cyprus: laminated gypsum
Day full of geology
Conglomerate in Cyprus
Slope failure in Cyprus
Today I visited the mantle
Truly classic geological site in Cyprus
Petra tou Romiou
Swallowtail gypsum
Pillow lava in Cyprus
Slickenside in Cyprus
Choletria: a village in the wrong place
Gabbro pegmatite
Ultramafic lava knoll in Cyprus
Massive pyrite in Cyprus
Sheeted dikes of the Troodos Ophiolite
Bedded chert in Cyprus

Estonia

Mysterious dunes in Estonia
Half a billion year old clay
Meteorite crater near my home

Germany

Houses built from diamonds and impact breccia

Greece

Pumice and scoria from Atlantis
Alone on the volcano
Volcanic mystery in Santorini

Great Britain

As it should be done
Dike in the Isle of Mull
Giant’s Causeway

Ireland

Dog’s Bay in Connemara
Thousands of sand sculptures
Sole mark in the Old Red
Video of squeaking sand
Ancient lahar in Ireland
Sand of Mannin Bay
Folds at Loughshinny

Israel

Sandstone columns in the middle of a crater

Luxembourg

Sandstone maze in Luxembourg

Norway

Glacial arch
Pothole

Russia

Marvellous marble quarry in Karelia

Spain

Conglomerate from the Pyrenees
Geological wonders at Cap de Creus
How the Pyrenees were made

Tenerife

Roses from fire
The most photographed rock
Golden lava flows
Pillow basalt more than a kilometer above sea level
White beach in Tenerife
First glimpse of Tenerife
Coulee like a huge pahoehoe
Beautiful dike in Tenerife
Pinnacle of breccia in Tenerife
Roques de Garcia

La Palma

Pahoehoe lava
Aa lava
Don’t visit Cumbre Vieja in wintertime
Scenery of La Palma

Gran Canaria

Block-and-ash flow deposits
Ignimbrite