16 April 2010
A few more photos from Pimmit Run … of mud. This mud has lots of interesting features, including dessication cracks showing lovely 120° triple junctions connecting up with their neighbors, raindrop impressions, and animal tracks. Tracks of at least three species here: (Clicking on this one will make it bigger) Mud: not as fascinating as some things, but it can share some modest insights.
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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