2 May 2011
My structural superpower
Posted by Callan
If I had a structural superpower, it would be to shoot en echelon tension gash arrays from my fingertips:
Photo by Sharon Ruggeiri
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AGU Blogosphere | Mountain Beltway | Cracking up
on 24 August 2011
Callan Bentley is an assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. He is particularly interested in structural geology and the evolution of the Appalachian mountain belt. Callan draws cartoons and writes for EARTH magazine. He lives in the Fort Valley of Virginia.
Trail Guy said on 2 May 2011
Well of course! Nothing gets you street cred in th super hero community like being able to fire off tension gash arrays.
Seriously though, dying to know how these work and where you can usually find them.
Love the blog!
Callan said on 2 May 2011
Brittle/ductile shearing of rocks (in this case, limestone): http://www.nvcc.edu/home/cbentley/gol_135/massanutten/images/conjugate_tension.jpg