Geotripper
News and views from the geologic realm
Monday, December 31, 2018
Can You Name the Third Highest Cascade Volcano?
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Can you name the second highest? How about the highest? It's probably not a fair question for most of you. I've always had a min...
Friday, December 28, 2018
No, It's Not Erupting...and Probably Won't Any Time Soon: Mt. McLoughlin in the Oregon Cascades
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There is a grand and momentary sight to be had if you are driving south on Interstate 5 about seven or eight miles north of Medford, Oreg...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Colorful Gifts of the Earth: the Butterflies
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If there were a single thing about our planet that I could guess that the deities made for pure visual pleasure, it would be the butterfli...
Saturday, December 15, 2018
How to Make a Rock Garden: Update on the Great Valley Outdoor Nature Lab
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How to make a rock garden: First, you have to find rock seeds. Try for variety, a mixture of igneous and metamorphic, maybe some sedimen...
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Wait a Minute...What Happened to the Rocks I Picked Out?
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Something kind of extraordinary happened on campus this week. I was pausing between classes and saw a large truck and a crane downstairs i...
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Why did the Road Cross the San Andreas Fault? 16 Years of Geologic Change (an Update)
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2002 I've been leading geology field studies trips to lots of places in the American West for 30 years and started to take digital p...
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