Happy Earth Day
Earth Day has always held a special place in my heart and memory. I was an undergraduate in Southern California for the first one, and was involved with the construction of eighty-eight geodesic domes...
Mike Strickler Geologist
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The Phantom Tollbooth
It was 1981, and we were continuing our exploration for copper, zinc, gold, silver, and cobalt in a massive sulfide deposit in Southwestern Oregon, just north of the California border. It was a vigorous...
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Desalination (and political suicide?)
Another short one. I tried to abandon poli-sci over fifty years ago, but here I am… old and staring down toward the end of the tunnel, and sucked back into the swamp (thanks DD)....
Truly a Christian Attitude…
Forgive the detour, but I need to veer from the earth for a bit. Please bear with me — I need to get this off my chest (although the reduction in weight will likely...
It’s Still All About the Water
This one will be short, but really, what is there to say at this point when absolutely none of us know what is actually happening? A recent article in the New York Times titled...
Oops, Our Bad…
Real science — by definition — is open to continuing reinterpretations as more data become available, often leading to adjustments of accepted models. An excellent example of this unavoidable truism was the basis of...
White Sand Beaches
I got a question from Jane who, while reading Marker Bed, became intrigued by the reference to quartz sand on page 29 of the print versions. (By the way, if you have not yet...
Sorry, Kids…
In the interest of tying to maintain a positive outlook on yet another “Friday the 13th”, this one will be real short… Readers of this blog already know two things: 1) I try as...
Reflection v. Refraction
It was late afternoon on Christmas and I was driving west into the setting sun. It had been wet most of the day, but the rain machine had turned off for a bit, the...
What is a Marker Bed?
I’ve had a couple requests to give a few more examples of what a geological marker bed (a.k.a. marker horizon) actually is, and more fully explain why I chose Marker Bed as the title...
Going, Going… Gone?
In their continuing efforts to dismantle the United States and remove it from its traditional place as a leader in scientific research and understanding, the current administration is now taking aim at the National...
Marker Bed
Well, after twenty-five years I’m pleased to announce that Marker Bed is finally published and ready for purchase on the Amazon website. Our story takes place 300,000,000 years in the future, and while Marker...
An Evolving Debate
As discussed in a recent post, fossils help paleontologists unravel earthtime and sort events into their proper order. Along with the other rules and clues we have discussed regarding absolute time and relative age...
