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Showing posts with label Miocene epoch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miocene epoch. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Seeking the Savanna instead of Seas: "Saturday Night Live" and Geology??

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Historical geology is a real head trip (remember that term?). Stick geologists in the desert against a cliff like the one above, and they ...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Former Seas and Oceans: Searching for the Past in the Great Valley

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The world changes. It changes minute by minute as events happen in human society, the disasters, the eruptions (such as Sinabung this last...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

Barren Cliffs Reveal a Rich and Violent Past: Red Rock Canyon State Park

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Deserts have such a fearsome reputation around the world, but deserts can be both beautiful and at certain times of the year a pleasant p...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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