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Geology Happens: West Fork Complex fire
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Where life is a field trip. Wednesday, June 26, 2013. West Fork Complex fire. From 40 miles away. Spent the day up high yesterday (much cooler! And watched the afternoon heat amp up the West Fork fire. It was barely visible in the morning but as the afternoon wore on we could watch the cloud grow larger. What is needed is a good rain storm and the forecast doesn't look all that favorable just yet. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). West Fork Complex fire. Studying stream velocity in the Grand Canyon.
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Geology Happens: May 2012
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Where life is a field trip. Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The Great Annular Eclipse of 2012. We timed our southwest adventure to coincide with the Annular solar eclipse visible in the western US. The National Park Service helped out by publishing a great web page. With an interactive map helping us select which unit of the NPS would have the best viewing. The ruins at Bandelier. The building material is all volcanic. Our camera couldn't quite capture the sun with out any filters. Monday, May 7, 2012. What also ...
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Geology Happens: August 2012
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Where life is a field trip. Sunday, August 19, 2012. There was once ice here. I had the good fortune of changing venue last week and do some hiking in my old graduate research area in Rocky Mountain National Park. Most of my work was done in the library but here on the eastern side of the Colorado Rockies we had the chance to look at some of the evidence left by glaciers. Below the image although unseen here is a great U-shaped valley. It doesn't get any more classical-glacial-terrain than here. Ripples ...
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Geology Happens: Where is all the snow?
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Where life is a field trip. Sunday, March 10, 2013. Where is all the snow? Anyone who has looked through my past blog posts have seen my fascination with our snow pack, whether how big a year we are having or how low a year we are having or about its ability to slide. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Joshua Tree boulder factory. Did you see it? Where is all the snow? Colorado basin snow pack. Colorado surface water conditions. Green River at Green River UT discharge. All My Faults Are Stress Related.
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Geology Happens: June 2013
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Where life is a field trip. Wednesday, June 26, 2013. West Fork Complex fire. From 40 miles away. Spent the day up high yesterday (much cooler! And watched the afternoon heat amp up the West Fork fire. It was barely visible in the morning but as the afternoon wore on we could watch the cloud grow larger. What is needed is a good rain storm and the forecast doesn't look all that favorable just yet. Thursday, June 6, 2013. Studying stream velocity in the Grand Canyon. The week we were on the river, the dis...
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Geology Happens: March 2013
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Where life is a field trip. Thursday, March 28, 2013. Joshua Tree boulder factory. Spent some time in Joshua Tree last week. It has been a long time since I have played in so much granite. In fact it was way back in grad school and we had a professor who always brought the freshman students up to his idea of a "boulder factory" We would spend a little time discussing chemical weathering and then let the students climb around a little bit to experience the sharp quartz minerals left behind. Did you see it?
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Geology Happens: May 2013
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Where life is a field trip. Thursday, May 16, 2013. Yet another example of a cap rock. Last week we were camping along the Colorado River above Moab Utah when we saw these pillars showing how a more resistant chunk of sandstone will protect the less resistant shale below. The last blog post showed how the more resistant White Rim sandstone was left standing even after the softer Organ Rock shale had all eroded away leaving a really fun arch to visit. Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Musselman Arch is found along ...
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Geology Happens: Studying stream velocity in the Grand Canyon
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Where life is a field trip. Thursday, June 6, 2013. Studying stream velocity in the Grand Canyon. How much fun is a Grand Canyon raft trip for a geologist? I had the opportunity to float the Colorado River through the famous canyon a few weeks ago. I had plenty to look at and to explore but one thing literally took the oar right out of my hand. Rowing through the Muav Gorge, looking serious and trying to avoid obstacles. The diagram below, borrowed from California State University, shows that the velocit...
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Geology Happens: yet another example of a cap rock
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Where life is a field trip. Thursday, May 16, 2013. Yet another example of a cap rock. Last week we were camping along the Colorado River above Moab Utah when we saw these pillars showing how a more resistant chunk of sandstone will protect the less resistant shale below. The last blog post showed how the more resistant White Rim sandstone was left standing even after the softer Organ Rock shale had all eroded away leaving a really fun arch to visit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eat, Sleep, Geology.
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