Turbidite Sedimentologist and Research Professor, based in Colorado
This will be a (hopefully) weekly series of interesting geological features taken from a small plane.
@Neotectonics and I flew over this fault on our way to El Paso a few weeks ago. It is an excellent exposure of a reverse fault in the Magdalena Formation, a mixed clastic-carbonate succession in the Franklin Mountains near El Paso, Texas (hint - its in the left-center of the image, just to the left of the larger …
I've decided to start posting again after a hiatus, and I will start it off by reviving an old series called "Geology on the Wing Wednesdays". Generally, these are photos I have taken of various places while flying low and slow in search of a $100 hamburger. This week's GOTWW comes from near Anadarko, Oklahoma, …
Continue reading Geology on the Wing Wednesdays #11 – Washita River meanders, Oklahoma
I just landed in New Zealand to attend a SPODDS field trip to the turbidites of the Taranaki basin (yeah!). Over the next week or two I will be 'live-blogging' the trip (to compete with clastic detritus, ha ha). For now I just have a nice shot of the sunrise from 40,000 feet from the …
Whew! I had a hectic holiday season, but a great one. Too great, in fact, to be blogging. So now I am back in the swing of things, here is a quick photo from a recent trip to see family. Contrary to popular opinion, there is topography in Texas! Here is a nice shot of …
I love this shot of the Gulf Coast just west of the Mississippi delta: Note this plane has a slightly larger wing than the normal photos I post 🙂 I could try to explain the history of the Atchafalaya and how the Mississippi would have avulsed to this location if the US Army Corps of …
Continue reading Geology on the Wing Wednesdays #9 – Atchafalaya river delta, Louisiana
The Sabine river has a very interesting coastal history, mostly documented by Rufus LeBlanc. He shows a pattern of modern avulsions of the river updip from the coastline, leading to at least two deltas. Due to low sediment supply and the position of the coastline with the dominant Gulf winds, the deltas are wave dominated. …
Yes, folks, here it is - Two Texans in the same photo! In yellow is the AT-6 Texan, a famous military trainer aircraft that taught countless aviators to fly. It is usually painted in this classic yellow color and has that distinctive canopy and empennage (tail) shape. The other Texan is me, and that fire …
Continue reading Geology on the Wing Wednesdays #7 – Geologist on the Wing!
