Geology Department
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| Going to Extremes | “John Schutt is a superstar in planetary science,” says Ralph Harvey, director of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program. Schutt (pronounced “Skutt”) has served as ANSMET’s field safety officer and professional mountain guide for 31 years. Case Western Reserve University is… |
2011-11-10 | |
| Is Seattle creating ghettos of poverty and pollution? | In Seattle, the rich may get richer. |
2011-09-21 | |
| WWU grad student part of research team seeking to understand Japan's earthquakes | 2011-07-28 | ||
| Police officers discover one big rock | A glacial erratic is a piece of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests and are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of miles. Who would think that we have a glacial erratic that is as big as a house right here in Lake… |
2011-07-13 | |
| Big boulder in Edmonds one of many left by long-gone glaciers | After untold millennia of glacier surfing, this big rock is taking a quick, 12,000-year break. Geologists believe a boulder located in a mobile-home park just off Edmonds Way is an "erratic," a stone deposited in the area by glaciers during the ice age. Looking at the… |
2011-05-31 | |
| Mount Baker Overdue For Eruption | Thirty-one years after the eruption of Mount Saint Helens, a local expert says the volcano in our own backyard could be overdue for an eruption. Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Assistant Geology Professor and Volcano Seismologist at Western Washington University, says Mount Baker is an active… |
2011-05-19 | |
| Caplan-Auerbach to explain all about earthquakes April 19 and 21 on campus | 2011-04-15 | ||
| Global Gathering April 11 to focus on local seismic activity | 2011-04-11 | ||
| Golden opportunity at Mount Baker rock show's 50th anniversary | For its 50th anniversary show this weekend, the Mount Baker Rock and Gem Club is featuring an apropos activity - a demonstration of gold-panning techniques. "Fifty years. How cool is that?" said club member Bob Deurbrouck. "That's a lot of rocks." The… |
2011-04-06 | |
| What makes some earthquakes more deadly than others? Faculty GUR group to discuss | 2011-03-30 |