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24 April 2020
Friday fold: The geologic map of Pennsylvania
This is such a gorgeous map: Link 0.43 Gpx GigaPan of a geologic map by Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R., Glover, A.D., Hoskins, D.M., MacLachlan, D.B., Root, S.I., Sevon, W.D., and Socolow, A.A., (1980) I’ve been organizing a bunch of geologic maps this week for my Historical Geology students, and this is one of the most beautiful. I merged the two halves of the map that were available online …
17 April 2020
Friday fold: Episode 14 of “Rock du jour”
I’ve been making a little daily video series over the past couple of weeks about rocks I have at my home – a quarantine-driven focus on the samples at hand around the house (as well as a few local outcrops). In many of the videos, I’m joined by my son, who know goes by the title “Mini-Professor,” though in this one from a few days ago (14th in the series), …
10 April 2020
Friday fold: Sorrosal Falls, Pyrenees
Folded Eocene turbidites exposed on the face of a spectacular waterfall in the Spanish Pyrenees. It’s Friday; enjoy this fold!
3 April 2020
Friday Fold: Saudi Arabia
The Friday fold is a guest post from Wadi Fatima, in Saudi Arabia.