When not doing fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, Simon Lamb lectures at the University of Oxford. His paper on why high mountain ranges occur, which suggests a link between climate and tectonics, appeared in Nature last year (vol 425, p 792). His book, Devil in the Mountain: A search for the origin of the Andes, is published by Princeton University Press in May.
Do you have a favourite rock?
A piece of granite – this one here from the Bolivian Andes. It’s such a beautiful granite, the crystals are so fresh and clean. In some ways it symbolises what…
