Texas Geosciences
June 24, 2016
Summer Fieldwork with JSG Professor Rowan Martindale
This summer JSG Professor Rowan Martindale and graduate student Nick Ettinger traveled to Morocco and Slovenia to look for Early Jurassic rocks, specifically those from the…
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May 16, 2016
Some Thoughts from Back Home
I returned to Austin, Texas on Saturday night. But I want to write one more post to sum up my thoughts on reporting from Mexico…
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May 14, 2016
No Core Today, But Plenty of History
Today on the ferry to L/B Myrtle the drill manager came to me and my co-travellers with bad news. The drill bit had worn out…
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May 13, 2016
Cenote Descent
The Chicxulub impact’s biggest claim to fame is wiping out the dinosaurs. But, as I mentioned in my first post from Merida, the impact also played…
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May 12, 2016
Have Geophone, Will Travel – Geophysics On Call
When I’m not on the L/B Myrtle with the Chicxulub research team, I’m in Merida, Mexico, the capital of the Yucatan state. I found…
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May 11, 2016
Aboard the Good Ship L/B Myrtle
Yesterday I went to a museum in Merida to learn about the Chicxulub impact. Today I went right to the impact site by boarding the…
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May 10, 2016
Geosciences at the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya
The Gran Museo del Mundo Maya is a museum dedicated to the history of the Maya people, a population that includes an ancient empire as well…
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April 29, 2016
Touring UTIG’s Airplane
By Laura Lindzey, a graduate student at the Jackson School of Geosciences. The post first appeared on her blog. Don Blankenship’s research group at UTIG has…
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April 19, 2016
GEO 193 Dives into Carbonate Geology of the Bahamas
By Charles Kerans, Professor and Robert K. Goldhammer Chair in Carbonate Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences The challenging syllabus for the…
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November 10, 2015
Paddling Down the Pecos into Epic Geology
A first-hand account told through pictures and words of the GEO383M 2015 (Carbonate Petrology) class fall trip: The Cretaceous Comanche Shelf to Maverick Intrashelf Basin…
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June 24, 2016
Summer Fieldwork with JSG Professor Rowan Martindale
This summer JSG Professor Rowan Martindale and graduate student Nick Ettinger traveled to Morocco and Slovenia to look for Early Jurassic rocks, specifically those from the…
Read MoreMay 16, 2016
Some Thoughts from Back Home
I returned to Austin, Texas on Saturday night. But I want to write one more post to sum up my thoughts on reporting from Mexico…
Read MoreMay 14, 2016
No Core Today, But Plenty of History
Today on the ferry to L/B Myrtle the drill manager came to me and my co-travellers with bad news. The drill bit had worn out…
Read MoreMay 13, 2016
Cenote Descent
The Chicxulub impact’s biggest claim to fame is wiping out the dinosaurs. But, as I mentioned in my first post from Merida, the impact also played…
Read MoreMay 12, 2016
Have Geophone, Will Travel – Geophysics On Call
When I’m not on the L/B Myrtle with the Chicxulub research team, I’m in Merida, Mexico, the capital of the Yucatan state. I found…
Read MoreMay 11, 2016
Aboard the Good Ship L/B Myrtle
Yesterday I went to a museum in Merida to learn about the Chicxulub impact. Today I went right to the impact site by boarding the…
Read MoreMay 10, 2016
Geosciences at the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya
The Gran Museo del Mundo Maya is a museum dedicated to the history of the Maya people, a population that includes an ancient empire as well…
Read MoreApril 29, 2016
Touring UTIG’s Airplane
By Laura Lindzey, a graduate student at the Jackson School of Geosciences. The post first appeared on her blog. Don Blankenship’s research group at UTIG has…
Read MoreApril 19, 2016
GEO 193 Dives into Carbonate Geology of the Bahamas
By Charles Kerans, Professor and Robert K. Goldhammer Chair in Carbonate Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences The challenging syllabus for the…
Read MoreNovember 10, 2015
Paddling Down the Pecos into Epic Geology
A first-hand account told through pictures and words of the GEO383M 2015 (Carbonate Petrology) class fall trip: The Cretaceous Comanche Shelf to Maverick Intrashelf Basin…
Read More