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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Yosemite Nature Notes: The Story of the Granite

If you have a few minutes, this is a really nice introduction to the granitic rocks of Yosemite National Park. The interviews include Greg Stock and Allen Glazner, the authors of "Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park". Kudos to Stephen Bumgardner, who produced the video!

Blooks, Boogers and Bleries

Here are some of the series I've produced for the Geotripper Blog:

The Other California: what to see when you've seen all the really famous places in the Golden State (in progress).

Into the Great Unknown: A rafting journey down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. The most incredible adventure of my life (so far)!

The Hawai'i That Was: An exploration of the geology, natural history, and anthropology of the most isolated lands on the planet. It's a lot more than beaches, shopping, and palm trees!

Vagabonding on Dangerous Ground: An exploration of the Cascadia Subduction Zone from Northern California to British Columbia

Where the Sierra Nevada Rises from the Sea: A journey through the Salinian Block, the displaced Sierran rocks between Big Sur and Point Reyes on the California Coast

Driving Across the Most Dangerous Plate Boundary in the World: A journey across the former subduction zone that formed much of Central California, including the Coast Ranges, the Great Valley, and the Sierra Nevada.

Vagabonding Across the 39th Parallel: A journey through the geological wonderland in central Nevada, Utah and Colorado.

A Convergence of Wonders, a compilation of posts on our journey through the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rocky Mountains in 2011.

The Abandoned Lands, a compilation of posts on our journey around the margins of the Colorado Plateau in 2012.

Out of nowhere, a strange political issue: California's state rock is serpentine, and there is a effort to remove it. Learn why we shouldn't in this series of posts on a beautiful rock.

Time Beyond Imagining: A "Brief" History of the Colorado Plateau - this was an extended exploration of the geology of one of the great geological showplaces on planet Earth

Under the Volcano and Into the Abyss: Yosemite National Park - Exploring a few of the lesser known corners of Yosemite Valley, from below and from above

The Airliner Chronicles: My First Blog Series - Seeing geology from the perspective of seven miles above.

See Of Vooks and Blooks (and the comments) for an explanation of the title!