An acclaimed international collection of earth science articles and book reviews on palaeontology, geology, minerals and more
Trevor A Jackson (Trinidad) and Stephen K Donovan (The Netherlands) The Caribbean island of Antigua lies towards the northern end of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc. In this particular region, it is a double arc, diverging northwards. To the west, the arc is a line of islands formed by volcanoes … Read More
Dr G Trevor Watts (UK) Cerro Negro (The Black Hill) is a stark, lively little volcano. Little known outside Nicaragua, it is easily accessible from the city of Léon and well worth the effort of the hike of about a thousand feet up. Location Cerro Negro is about 30km east-north-east … Read More
George Burden (Canada) The rickety taxi bumped and rattled its way southward, into the scenic peaks of the Dominican Republic’s northern cordillera. Frequent washouts from seasonal torrential rains make the going tricky and, at times, even a little perilous. However, we finally arrived at a small community, the site of … Read More
