Darren Reilly, co-advised in the Watershed Hydrology Lab, won first place in the student poster competition for his work on groundwater contamination in northeastern Pennsylvania at the Mudrocks Symposium and Student Expo, co-hosted by the Appalachian Geological Society and Eastern Section AAPG, in Morgantown, W.Va.
This video is a pretty good primer on the ideas and some of the techniques of stream restoration, as illustrated by a project in the South Branch of the Raritan River in New Jersey. Stream Restoration Project from Tightline Productions on Vimeo.
Brandon S. Blue will defend his M.S. in Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte on Monday, July 23rd, 2012 at 10:30 am in McEniry 329. His presentation is open to the public. Brandon’s project is Seasonal Urban Stream Temperature Response to Storm Events Within the Piedmont of North Carolina. He is …
A post at Highly Allochthonous, in which I make a big announcement through a strained geomorphological metaphor. Continue Reading
Share “ Off to tell 1st year faculty about benefits/perils of social media. Anyone want to share why you use Twitter? @highlyanne with your reply. Anne Jefferson Wed, Mar 14 2012 13:45:09 ReplyRetweet And here’s the answers I got. Share “ @highlyanne networking & following progress/ideas/field trips with global geotweeps …
WordPress just emailed me this handy review of blog stats for last year. According to them, these are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010. Given that the point of this blog is to (1) keep prospective students and other people interested in my research and …
The latest Where on Google Earth image featured a gorgeous alluvial fan in the Zagros mountains of Iran. The Google Earth imagery does not show this fan in flood, but an ASTER image from a few years ago does. Image credit to: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team Link to …
Inspired by Brian’s theme for the month, this basin and range landscape in central Idaho caught my eye. I love the way the center-pivot irrigation boundaries outline the edges of the alluvial fans. Closer examination reveals even more juxtaposition, as a river cuts through the middle of the valley, further …
It’s been kind of quiet around here lately. Maybe because it is mid-summer in the Northern Hemisphere and all of my fellow geopathologists are at the beach? Speaking of beaches, I was scoping out the Dorset coast of England looking for a famous fossil forest locality when I spotted this …
How long does it *really* take water to move through a watershed?