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  1. Some say that geology is boring - and some say that geologists bother rocks. All we know is that this geology itself is bored.

    It is a lump of London Clay that I picked up on the Essex coast. It was a uniform deep grey then but it has become desiccated. It didn't have those cracks when I picked it up, either. The holes are where it has been bored by piddocks - shellfish rather like clams. In their larval stage, the said piddocks settle on the clay and other soft rocks and burrow as they grow.

    #Geology #Sediments #LondonClay #Piddock #Boring

  2. Some say that geology is boring - and some say that geologists bother rocks. All we know is that this geology itself is bored.

    It is a lump of London Clay that I picked up on the Essex coast. It was a uniform deep grey then but it has become desiccated. It didn't have those cracks when I picked it up, either. The holes are where it has been bored by piddocks - shellfish rather like clams. In their larval stage, the said piddocks settle on the clay and other soft rocks and burrow as they grow.

    #Geology #Sediments #LondonClay #Piddock #Boring

  3. Some say that geology is boring - and some say that geologists bother rocks. All we know is that this geology itself is bored.

    It is a lump of London Clay that I picked up on the Essex coast. It was a uniform deep grey then but it has become desiccated. It didn't have those cracks when I picked it up, either. The holes are where it has been bored by piddocks - shellfish rather like clams. In their larval stage, the said piddocks settle on the clay and other soft rocks and burrow as they grow.

    #Geology #Sediments #LondonClay #Piddock #Boring

  4. Some say that geology is boring - and some say that geologists bother rocks. All we know is that this geology itself is bored.

    It is a lump of London Clay that I picked up on the Essex coast. It was a uniform deep grey then but it has become desiccated. It didn't have those cracks when I picked it up, either. The holes are where it has been bored by piddocks - shellfish rather like clams. In their larval stage, the said piddocks settle on the clay and other soft rocks and burrow as they grow.

    #Geology #Sediments #LondonClay #Piddock #Boring

  5. Some say that geology is boring - and some say that geologists bother rocks. All we know is that this geology itself is bored.

    It is a lump of London Clay that I picked up on the Essex coast. It was a uniform deep grey then but it has become desiccated. It didn't have those cracks when I picked it up, either. The holes are where it has been bored by piddocks - shellfish rather like clams. In their larval stage, the said piddocks settle on the clay and other soft rocks and burrow as they grow.

    #Geology #Sediments #LondonClay #Piddock #Boring

  6. As lots more people arrive today it seems like a good time to chat about a project that I'm privileged to be part of.

    I'm delighted to be co-supervising a new collaborative doctoral partnership with colleagues from #QMUL and #MOLA.

    Tom Chivers, author of #LondonClay, will be exploring the relationship between people, #history, landscape and environment through the lens of #mudlarking on the Thames!

    #introductions #archaeology #geography #phdlife #histodons #archaeodons

  7. Tonight's plans were dashed last minute so we stayed home and tried to write some new songs for a potential London Clay album...worked hard, had a few drinks, now listening to Helmet...

    #favouriteband #newalbum #postpunk #electronica #inthemeantime #londonclay

    youtube.com/watch?v=9346rQ1d8i