A field trip at an international geopark conference. Not one geological site visited.

Is a geopark still about geology?

New essay — from Karangsambung's tectonic origin to what geoparks risk losing when science yields to tourism.

📄 Abstract in English. Full essay in Bahasa Indonesia.
🔗 https://medium.com/geological-controversies/apakah-geopark-masih-tentang-geologi-56869118d7c4

#Geopark #Geology #Geoscience #Geoconservation #Geoheritage
#EarthScience #UNESCOGeopark #ScienceWriting
#GeoscienceCommunication #OpenScience

🎨 When visualization becomes part of thinking

In geochemical modeling, diagrams are not decoration — they’re analytical tools.

Every chart and map I create goes through many iterations: filtering, reshaping, and transforming multi-dimensional geochemical data until patterns start to reveal themselves.

Good visualization doesn’t just show results — it creates insight.
It helps trace hidden geochemical transitions, test hypotheses, and understand how contamination evolves through space and chemistry.

🧩 For me, plotting and modeling are inseparable parts of one process — the science of seeing.

📘 All supporting data and modeling results are included in the draft monograph:
🔗 https://zenodo.org/records/16741148

🧪 Modeling & visualization: PHREEQC + R + QGIS

#Geochemistry #GeochemicalModeling #DataVisualization #ScientificGraphics #EnvironmentalScience #GroundwaterQuality #PHREEQC #RStats #QGIS #GeoscienceCommunication #IndependentResearch #SvystunovaGully