The Mountain Lion Day
Day 3 started with with a mini-lesson from Ben about geologic stress and strain.
Day 3 started with with a mini-lesson from Ben about geologic stress and strain.
In order to understand how earthquakes propagate and fractures form in rocks, geologists like us analyze these features in the field.
The big day is here! Over the next 4 weeks, the Keck Utah research crew will keep you updated with our research exploits in the field and in the lab.
Suzanne O’Connell (Wesleyan) and Joseph Ortiz (Kent State) led four students to the International Ocean Discovery Program core repository at Texas A&M University.
During a two-week period, based at the Archbold Tropical Research and Education Center on Dominica, students collected samples ranging from pumice clasts and ash from thick ignimbrite sequences, to enclaves and mingled magmas….