Category Archives: hydrology

Anne’s stream of adventures in 2010

When you are a hydrologist, all the world is your watershed. Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, by Anne, hydrology, photos

What do you mean by “hydrogeomorphic processes”? (Some thoughts following my GSA session on the topic.)

Geomorphologists increasingly recognize that the way water is delivered to and moves through a hillslope, river, or landscape affects surficial processes and geomorphic form. Hydrogeologists recognize that geomorphology drives the spatial and temporal distribution of shallow groundwater. But both groups … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, conferences, geomorphology, hydrology

Using rock cubes to learn about hydrogeology

Dunking rocks in water – and doing some measurements and calculations – helps my students get a hands-on understanding of porosity. Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, rocks & minerals, science education

Blog Action Day: Water! (And floods! energy! education!)

Sneaking in another Friday Floods post, this time perfectly coinciding with Earth Science Week and Blog Action Day‘s focus on Water. My offering for this day is actually a guest post at AGU’s Geospace blog, where I had the privilege … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, science education

Flood! In the middle of Australia’s Outback?!

Without question, the most important geologic experiences in my career have been floods. I grew up on the Upper Mississippi River in southern Minnesota and decided I wanted to study rivers during the Great Flood of 1993. Four years later, … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology