Category Archives: geology

The 12 geological days of Christmas: a reprise

Merry Christmas, everyone! I’m having a rather strange Christmas this year – most of my unwrapping this year has been of the flat-pack furniture variety, as my new flat in Chicago slowly starts to look a little less minimalist. Whilst … Continue reading

Categories: geology

The flat of the land

Just as there are many ways that a landscape can end up being pointy, there are several ways that it can end up being flat. Continue reading

Categories: geology, geomorphology

All quiet on the Alpine Fault?

The Alpine fault has not ruptured since European settlement in the 1840s. Paleoseismology tells us that this is the longest it has gone in a millenium without generating a magnitude 8+ earthquake. Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, geomorphology, tectonics

The fault that made a mountain range

How the Teton Range and the Teton Fault are essentially the same thing. Continue reading

Categories: geology, geomorphology, outcrops, photos, structures

Castle geology

Being a giant geo-nerd, I tend to pepper my travels with a lot of geologically or hydrologically interesting places. A recent trip brought me to the UK and included a meetup with my coblogger in Edinburgh. Being an American tourist, … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geology