tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096706922085665142.post5703643828265062791..comments2023-10-28T01:47:49.689-06:00Comments on Ripples in Sand: Landside Activity...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096706922085665142.post-25153730855093653612008-03-16T22:12:00.000-06:002008-03-16T22:12:00.000-06:00You could always mention Mary Anning (paleontologi...You could always mention Mary Anning (paleontologist during the early 1800s). Some of her finds (Icthyosaurs for example) were used to demonstrate extinctions do occur.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172331419528519432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096706922085665142.post-48010477630410079632008-03-14T09:17:00.000-06:002008-03-14T09:17:00.000-06:00Ditto on Tanya Atwater, who brought plate tectonic...Ditto on Tanya Atwater, who brought plate tectonics onto land by explaining the San Andreas Fault in her PhD. She just retired from UC Santa Barbara, though she's still working on visualizations.<BR/><BR/>Marie Morisawa, river hydrologist.<BR/><BR/>Naomi Oreskes, historian of geoscience.<BR/><BR/>Jan Tullis, who made deformation within crystals make sense.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096706922085665142.post-87632508455018313522008-03-14T08:59:00.000-06:002008-03-14T08:59:00.000-06:00P.S., Tanya Atwater, famous in plate tectonics. Do...P.S., Tanya Atwater, famous in plate tectonics. Don't know what she's up to these days.Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096706922085665142.post-77445070841710647372008-03-14T08:53:00.000-06:002008-03-14T08:53:00.000-06:00Thanks for the suggestions on women in geology! Ke...Thanks for the suggestions on women in geology! Keep them coming. <BR/>The angle of repose is the main feature I am hoping to demonstrate. Most landslides occur at angles >30 degrees and will slide at a lower angle when wet. I am trying to recreate that in miniature. At the very least students should be able to identify landslide hazards on a map by slope angle. I'll let everyone know how it goes!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09604241692429050566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096706922085665142.post-681358582091951642008-03-14T08:48:00.000-06:002008-03-14T08:48:00.000-06:00Mel, I summarized some mining geology news today, ...Mel, I summarized some mining geology news <A HREF="http://highway8a.blogspot.com/2008/03/mining-bit-of-news.html" REL="nofollow">today</A>, including some info on exploration geology as a hot field to get into right now.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you've got a good activity, there.Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096706922085665142.post-34506116060873873542008-03-14T07:35:00.000-06:002008-03-14T07:35:00.000-06:00Florence Bascom, the first female USGS geologist (...Florence Bascom, the first female USGS geologist (and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in geology in the United States). <BR/><BR/>I might include in the driving forces a bit about angle of repose and its relation to slope failure - we did a lot of that in surface processes.<BR/><BR/>Cool idea!Jessica Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117925212295349320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096706922085665142.post-15497791048984090912008-03-14T01:30:00.000-06:002008-03-14T01:30:00.000-06:00Regarding women in geology, can I suggest Inge Leh...Regarding women in geology, can I suggest <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inge_Lehmann" REL="nofollow">Inge Lehmann</A> discoverer of the inner core.<BR/><BR/>On a personal level <A HREF="http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/guidew-z.htm#JVWatson" REL="nofollow">Janet Watson</A> who taught me Precambrian geology and was first woman president of the Geological Society (of London).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com