Europe

Business can only get better

In anticipation of the tax changes announced by the UK government in October 2024, corporate merger and acquisition activity accelerat­ed in 2024 and into 2025. These deals involved companies looking…

Carboniferous-Permian erosive contact, Kowala Quarry, Poland

A spectacular erosive contact between Permian continental conglomerates and Lower Carboniferous marine strata can be observed at the Kowala Quarry in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland, situated in the southeastern part…

How spreading rates determine your exploration strategy

Mapped sediment thicknesses at two segments along the Mohns Ridge. Sediment thickness serves as an indicator of the age of the underlying lava flows. Illustration: Stubseid et al. 2024, Nature…

Bacterial life is everywhere in the subsurface

Elsemiek Croese. Photography: Elsemiek Croese private archive. “Let’s put it this way,” says Elsemiek Croese from Microbial Analysis, “one of the key ingredients of life is water. In that light,…

Tectonically-influenced carbonate platform, Greece

A Pliocene carbonate platform (Rhodos Formation) is exposed in the NE part of the isle of Rhodes, Greece. Sedimentation was largely controlled by faulting relating to a late Pliocene or…

On drift

When we meet on Teams on a morn­ing in March, F. Javier Hernández- Molina is calling in from his office in Granada, Spain, where he works at the Andalusian Earth…

The well listeners

Karol Jewuła. “ I recently gave a talk in Kuala Lum­pur,” says geologist and pore pressure specialist Karol Jewuła, “for which I made an overview of drilling-related issues with wells…

How we become geologists

Q: How do you know if someone is from the Isle of Man? A: Because they insist on telling you every five minutes! Every geologist has a story as to…