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Painted Canyon – Part Deux – Little Painted Canyon Trail – October 21, 2022
Another great hike. 2.2 miles up and back in the canyon. Great geology, great scenery, great company. Another successful adventure.
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Palm Springs Tram – San Jacinto State Park – October 17, 2022
Another great adventure with Joy and Larry. Have to thank them for motivating us to explore the area. Had not been on the Tram for at least 35 years. Wow – Wow – Wow. It had everything for an adventure … Continue reading
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Salton Sea – Bombay Beach – Painted Canyon
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Back to the Past
After 43 years as a consulting hydrogeologist, it dawned on me that I had/have lost touch with geology. I had the extreme good fortune to have had both an excellent primary education in the Catholic schools and then in (of … Continue reading
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Retireing to the West Coast – Tsunamis and Seismicity (sort of)
West coast geologic hazards are more numerous than east coast since on top of the threat of tsunami’s from the Pacific Ring, we have local earthquakes, landslides, liquefaction other seismic related hazards to deal with. But all of that aside … Continue reading
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Retireing to the East Coast
The Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands has received a lot of attention as a potential mega-tsunami generator. The premise is that it is a steep sided, active volcanic island with identified zones of weakness running approximately north-south that if she … Continue reading
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Geologic Extinctions
For anybody that remembers the old blog, you may remember that I had gone down the path of geologic extinctions. In the Phanerozoic (last 542 million years) there have been 5 great extinctions and many minor extinctions. We use the Phanerozoic because … Continue reading
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