Tuesday, September 30, 2008

101 geoblogs

Here is a list of geoblogs for any interest level in geology. I had no idea there were so many out there.


Arizona Geology: 101 geoblogs

Enjoy.

Harry Allen

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Highlands Center Field Trip Oct 5

We are having a short field trip to the Highlands Center on Sunday October 5 at 1:00 pm

Highlands Center for Natural History

One of our members (Jim Neal) is writing a Geologic Field Guide to the trails of the Highland Center. This trip is a chance to look at the outcrops and help him field check the Geology.

Everyone is welcome --in fact- some of the Trails are on the forest service "HikingSpree 2008" so you can earn credit toward a hiking prize by going on our trip.

Harry Allen

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

WAC gets look at groundwater water model

Here is an article about the long awaited hydro model for out water supply.


CVBugle - County WAC gets look at groundwater water model

I have always wanted to know what data they use and what data they need to get a really good model of a water basin.

Harry Allen

Friday, September 19, 2008

Arizona Geology: Grand Canyon not as old as recently claimed

More on the debate about the age of the Grand Canyon that we heard about at the last meeting.

Arizona Geology: Grand Canyon not as old as recently claimed


Harry Allen

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Ike Before and After Pictures

This is a link that shows the effect of a large storm (Ike)on an offshore bar near Houston
You can see that most of the sediment movement that you can really see occurs via the large storms.
It is a form of the old geologic theory of Catastrophism.

Hurricane Ike Before and After Pictures

Never own a place on a flood plain or off shore bar if you want to keep it for a long time.

Harry Allen

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Virtual Seismic Atlas « Clastic Detritus

Have you ever wanted to see what goes on in the subsurface.
This is a link to a site that shows you the seismic pictures of some cool geologic
structures from all over the world.

Virtual Seismic Atlas « Clastic Detritus

This give you an idea about the data people use to intrepret the subsurface geology.

Now find the OIL.

Harry Allen

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Five most important minerals

Here is a good question for all.

What are the five most important minerals to know and why?

One answer is here>
All of My Faults Are Stress-Related

What do you think?

Quartz
Calcite
Clay minerals
Feldspar
Olivine
Ice

Pick your favorite five.

Harry Allen