Category Archives: outcrops

Scenic Saturday: a ravishing roadcut

In the coming semester, I’m teaching a Tectonics and Orogeny course, which will include a field trip to the Appalachians to check out the closest accessible example of tectonics and orogeny look like up close. A successful field trip comes … Continue reading

Categories: outcrops

A land of basalt and chalk

We’ve just spent a great week exploring Ireland, which included very sunny days on the Antrim Coast of Northern Ireland. Anne sometimes teases me for picking holiday itineraries based more on the the prevailing geology more than the prevailing weather, … Continue reading

Categories: outcrops, photos, rocks & minerals, structures, volcanoes

To England: transit travails and a historical interlude

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Categories: by Anne, outcrops, photos

Scenic Saturday: Water and Lava in the Oregon High Cascades

Today we launch the second major stage of our summer adventure – departing for the UK and Ireland later this evening. But a week ago today, we were in my PhD field area, the McKenzie River watershed in the central … Continue reading

Categories: geomorphology, hydrology, outcrops, photos, volcanoes

After the dam came out: The Cuyahoga River in Kent

We’ve been having one of those perfect spring weeks, where the weather is warm and sunny, the flowers are blooming, and there is nothing more enticing at the end of a workday than to take a nice long wander down … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, environment, geomorphology, hydrology, outcrops, photos