Geology Department
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| Honors Program graduates bright, gifted students | 2012-05-24 | ||
| Geologists find fault in optimism on alpine quake risk | Canterbury University earthquake researchers believe the latest study on the frequency of major Alpine Fault earthquakes is too optimistic. Scientists from GNS Science, Otago University's geology department, Western Washington University's geology department and Nevada… |
2012-04-12 | |
| Threat of quake in Southern Alps wanes | Earthquake-weary South Islanders finally have some good news – the Alpine Fault could still be 200 years away from generating its next quake of about magnitude 8.0. Scientists have found that the most active central and southern sections of the 650-kilometre-long fault appear to break on… |
2012-04-03 | |
| Beneath the city of Bellingham lie the memories of coal mines | For more than 30 years, the men and horses of the Bellingham Coal Mines toiled beneath the city, using dynamite and muscle power to carve a labyrinth of passageways through a thick coal seam. Over their heads was a ceiling of crumbly slate rock, held up— if all went well— by log timbers and… |
2012-01-26 | |
| WWU’s Linneman named higher education science teacher of the year | Western Washington University Professor of Geology Scott Linneman has been named the state’s Higher Education Science Teacher of the Year by the Washington Science Teachers Association. |
2011-12-13 | |
| Western's Scott Linneman named state's higher ed science teacher of the year | Scott Linneman, a professor of geology at Western Washington University, has been selected as the state’s higher education science teacher of the year by the Washington Science Teachers Association. He received his award Thursday, Dec. 8, at National Science Teachers Association… |
2011-12-09 | |
| Western's Scott Linneman named Washington's Higher Ed Science Teacher of the Year | 2011-12-07 | ||
| Rumbles in the Alps reveal rockslides | Until now, most seismic research on landslides has focused on how to identify individual slides among the general seismic din of the Earth. But in comparison with earthquakes, rockslides produce "kinda ugly signals", so they are difficult to detect, says Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a… |
2011-12-01 | |
| Rumbles in the Alps reveal rockslides | Until now, most seismic research on landslides has focused on how to identify individual slides among the general seismic din of the Earth. But in comparison with earthquakes, rockslides produce "kinda ugly signals", so they are difficult to detect, says Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a… |
2011-11-30 | |
| Majestic Mount Baker looms large in Whatcom County lore and life | Mount Baker towers nearly 10,800 feet in the sky, so massive that on clear days it can be seen as far away as Seattle. Whether because of its historic snowfall, its world-class skiing and snowboarding or its striking views, it's hard to think of Whatcom County and not think of Mount Baker… |
2011-11-21 |