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Rochester, Minnesota — On its last day in the field, Team Minnesota had a geological trip to the Dalles of St. Croix in Interstate State Park, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It was beautiful, and we practically had the place to ourselves, not [...]
How many Bighorn Sheep can you see in this picture?
One of the surprises of a visit to a place like Zion National Park is the possibility of seeing some of the rarer large animals. We were taking a "short cut" through the park last week [...]
Rochester, Minnesota — Since Team Minnesota efficiently finished its fieldwork yesterday, we have two days before the students fly out of the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. The good weather has given us a gift of time, so we’re using it [...]
Dear Colleagues, We would like to bring your attention to a workshop we are organizing on the topic of Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis (FDHA). The Workshop will be held December 9-10th at the U.S. Geological Survey Campus in Menlo Park, CA, and [...]
Rochester, Minnesota — It was a good day for fossil collecting on the Minnesota prairie. Above you see a handful of articulated orthid brachiopods collected by Nikki Bell at the Shop Quarry exposure near Rochester. Shop Quarry (N 43.97232°, W [...]
Earlier this week it was reported that the Chockstone, a famous wedged boulder on the Lord's Rake in the English Lake District, has
Wie der Titel schon vage andeutet, findet die Jahrestagung der Meteoritical Society (gerne auch MetSoc genannt) in diesem Jahr in Berlin statt. Zum zweiten Male, letztes Mal war es 1996 (siehe auch meinen vorherigen Eintrag). …
Rochester, Minnesota — We returned to Decorah, Iowa, today to measure and sample the Decorah Shale (Upper Ordovician) in its type locality. It was much drier here than on our last attempt! Above is the gray Decorah Shale topped by the brown [...]
Many data used in scientific papers are not accessible by reading the papers, which makes it difficult to understand and reuse. To effectively communicate data results and preserve observations, simulations, and predictions, the Geoscience Papers of [...]
Auf der Kapverdeninsel Brava wurde mit Evakuierungen begonnen. Es wird ein Vulkanausbruch