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Hiking A Batholith

May 8, 2012
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Batholith. I love that word. It is a portmanteau of “depth” (bathos) and “rock” (lithos), literally meaning “deep rock,” but sounds like you’re trying to say “basilisk” after having burned your tongue on hot coffee. On Sunday, Racy of the Racy Mind, VirgoTex (whom you all know by now as she who puts the Town [...]

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Of Booth Babes and Female (Geo)scientists

May 4, 2012

For posterity and your convenience, I’ve storified the recent discussion a bunch of us geoscientists on Twitter had that started with conference “booth babes” and inevitably led to the advances of and roadblocks for female (geo)scientists. Use at will. (Oh, has anyone figured out how to edit a Storify? Can you?) Tweet

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The Future Of (Geo)Science Careers – Putting The Pieces Together

April 27, 2012
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In the latest American Association of Petroleum Geologists Explorer, geology professor Sharon Mosher offers some great insight into the future of our profession at a time when fewer students are graduating with geology degrees* while the industry need for geoscientists is at an all-time high. “There’s still a tendency to emphasize field work and travel, [...]

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Charles Richter’s 112th Birthday

April 26, 2012

In honor of this day, I give you two simple and great online tutorials on geophysical principles and refraction seismology. There will be a quiz. Tweet

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From The Director Of “spOILed”

April 6, 2012

I was mailed this by an oil industry colleague with whom I share many views on how energy is made and its future. spOILed is yet another documentary/film making the rounds following the rise of domestic onshore shale gas drilling, especially in the northeast United States shale trends. Its director, Mark Mathis, outlines his motives [...]

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February 2, 2012

We don’t trust no stinking Pennsylvania groundhogs! Wisconsin’s own Jimmy proclaims Early Spring. I suspect Jimmy knows a thing or two about climate science. Tweet

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A Countertop of Kilkenny Marble

January 26, 2012
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Cari The Geologist And Certified U2 Freak is sure to love this post. Volcanoclast hosts this month’s Accretionary Wedge on countertop geology. Have you seen a great countertop out there?  Sure, everyone says it’s “granite”, but you know better.  Take a picture, post it on your own blog or send it to me and I’ll [...]

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Because It’s Carnival Time

January 6, 2012

So not making this stuff up. I was at my desk this morning basking in the warm glow of the giant dual screen setup seriously scrutinizing seismic data when the iPhone spontaneously started to play Al Johnson’s “Carnival Time.” Not only is the girl growing scarily self-aware, she has good timing and great taste in [...]

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Saturday Geology Picture: Pahoehoe Cross Section

December 17, 2011

Ropy lava in cross section view. With scale, because that’s how I (rock and) roll. Tweet

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Friday Geology Picture: The Oldest Known Rock In The World

December 16, 2011

“I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.” To mark the passing of Christopher Hitchens, today’s rock is the Hadean Acasta gneiss on display in the Smithsonian Museum. Give hell hell, Hitch! Tweet

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