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15 March 2019
Friday folds: two more from Oman and Chuck Bailey
Friday is that special day of the week where we take a break from our hurried lives and gaze longingly at great photos of folded rocks in exotic corners of the world. Today, we return to Oman, and we say, “Oh, man!”
1 February 2019
Friday fold: Two spectacular folds from Oman
The William & Mary “Rock Music” class has returned from Oman, bearing cultural insights and Friday fold photos!
11 May 2012
Friday fold: boxiness in Oman
Max Arndt contributed this week’s Friday fold: (click on the image to get to a larger sized version on Max’s Flickr page) That’s the Warah Formation exposed on the Batain Coast of northeastern Oman. This is the thrust front of a thin-skinned fold and thrust belt. I think it’s just lovely! Max has a ton of other great structure photos on Flickr, he tweets, and he has a blog. Check …
8 March 2010
Video on carbon sequestration in Oman ophiolite
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=61206 (from one of the Skepchicks)
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.