Issue 44 of the Rockwatch Magazine:

Contents list

ROCKSTAR’S RECORD ENTRIES
See some of the stunning entries to the 2006 competition and maybe whet your appetite to enter this year’s competition.


APACHE ADVENTURE
Read Peter Doyle’s exciting account of how the Apache Indians used their knowledge of geology to protect their homelands.

RECYCLING ROCKS
Recycling is not so new! Susanna van Rose tells us how building stones have been re-used by ancient peoples from the Egyptians to the present day.


WHEN GEOLOGY IS SHEER MURDER!
Alastair Ruffell shares some secrets of the forensic geoscientist’s fascinating and sometimes grisly work.

HOW TO DIG A HOLE
Digging holes in the ground is not as simple as it sounds! Learn how to do it with Eddie Bailey.

EXPEDITION TIME
Harold Bradbury, a prize-winner in then 2006 Rockstar competition, reports on his exciting expedition to Tenerife to work out how volcanic deposits vary depending on the distance from the site of the eruption. It’s certainly a brilliant place to do such a study!

VOLCANO WATCH
This nail-biting report by Sue LoughlinDirector of the Volcano Observatory on the Island of Montserrat, tells of the increased activity of this volcano during 2006. It is yet another Rockwatch “cutting-edge” article which ensures members are kept up to date with geoscience news and events.


CHINA-SAURS ARE TOPS!
David Hone’s account of exciting new dinosaur fossils from China shows just how much we still have to learn about these huge (and sometimes very small) beasts. But, it’s not just dinosaur fossils found in this North East corner of China as you will learn from the article.

Back to current issue

Join Rockwatch and get the greatest magazine on Earth! Membership details here

top