Geology
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Teachers Rock On!
The perfect counter-pose to a year of teaching? Two glorious mornings in the field, learning about our community’s amazing geology. As part of Poudre School District’s Summer Institute, teachers from across grade levels and schools, joined together for a fun… Continue reading
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Symphonic Music…Meet Colorado Geology
If only the rocks could talk…er.. could play a symphony, this is what it would sound like. In honor of the Geological Society of America’s 125th Anniversary, Boulder based-composer and geologist Jeffrey Nytch was commissioned to compose a new symphonic… Continue reading
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Fall Colors from Space
The NASA satellite AQUA captured this October image of eastern Pennsylvania and its rusty brown-colored ridgelines of the Appalachian Mountains. The NASA website also shows a comparision with the same view from the more ‘summery’ September. Here in in the Colorado… Continue reading
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Front Range Floods and a Recipe for a Canyon Part 2
The video of road damage along Highway 34 from Loveland to Estes Park is amazing. The road was reinforced after a deadly flood in the summer of 1976 that killed 143 people in this canyon. Now, almost a week after… Continue reading
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Debris Flow Chasers
Debris flows are a type of landslide where a liquified jumble of earth and plant materials form a fast moving mixture following a rain event, dam breach or rapid snow or glacier melting ( from a volcanic eruption, for example).… Continue reading
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New Subduction Zone
http://monash.edu.au/news/show/new-embryonic-subduction-zone-found Oh my! A new subduction zone is discovered off the coast of Portugal. What does this mean? For fans of Plate Tectonics you can expect the Atlantic Ocean to close- bringing together the North American and European Plates. Don’t… Continue reading
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Third Rock Gratitude
We recently learned about the specatular encounter between us, Earth, and an object from deep space. In our lifetime, this is indeed a remarkable event. Yet, all we need to do is gaze up at the Earth’s moon (or look… Continue reading
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Geologic Walk October 14, 2012
A fun day in the field is second to none. Thanks to all participants for being so curious and allowing me to guide your time travel spanning no less than 18 million centuries. Gives new meaning to the word ‘event’.… Continue reading
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The Great Unconformity
What is the “Great Unconformity”? Thanks to Dr. John Ridley of CSU Geology and our intrepid Northern Colorado Geology Group, we braved cool temperatures and rain to learn more about our local geology. So, what exactly is the Great Unconformity?… Continue reading
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