Several people have recommended him, and I’ve seen a few of his things. He does a good job. The great thing; the Pacific Northwest has TONS to offer geologically and is incredibly interesting.
Love the Teton range, only been there a few times. The most dramatic view I ever had of them was actually not on the valley side. On the Idaho side, there's a hike up Table Mountain that, at the very peak, offers a wild view of the grand tetons from the backside. Truly something. I did not know much about them geologically, so this is really neat and I'll be following.
I guess you missed an opportunity to say "It's Your Fault" or something like that.
I’m more familiar with the Idaho side, as I’ve driven I-15 many times and have lived on that side of the range. I’m glad you learned a little something! Hopefully the next trip there for you feels like a new experience now.
I know there aren't very many geology nerds out there in the world - I have a geology group on a certain social media site that has so little activity that the site keeps threatening to delist it - but I'm hoping that maybe one or two of my followers will find this guy interesting.
Nope, there aren’t. But, I think more people would be interested in geology if they had a good teacher. Unfortunately, a lot of geology research can be pretty hard to portray to a general audience so the exposure just isn’t there.
Mostly true, but there is the Siletzia Terrance, amazing mountain and volcanic ranges, rainforests, extensional faulting from rotation of the crust, subduction on the coast. There's also the Josephine Ophiolite that is 150 million years old near Grant’s Pass in SW Oregon which has a full stratigraphic unit of oceanic crust and mantle that was thrust onto the continent. I have a piece of serpentinite from it and it's worth checking out. Not very often can you find uprooted mantle layers.
I don't. I live in Texas currently. But in grad school, I did a summer field experiment in Oregon where we learned a lot about the subduction zone and tectonic history. I also had a semester course where we focused on the Basin and Range, and that course bled a little into the Pacific Northwest, because subduction is still continuing there.
I live about fifteen miles west of the western edge of the Basin & Range province. It's kinda weird when I'm driving to town past one of the last (in the direction I'm going) cinder cones and seeing a fault block horst right in front of me.
"more people would be interested in geology if they had a good teacher."
Like Nick Zentner. He has a Youtube channel.
Caveat: He might only be interesting if you live in the Pacific Northwest.
Several people have recommended him, and I’ve seen a few of his things. He does a good job. The great thing; the Pacific Northwest has TONS to offer geologically and is incredibly interesting.
Love the Teton range, only been there a few times. The most dramatic view I ever had of them was actually not on the valley side. On the Idaho side, there's a hike up Table Mountain that, at the very peak, offers a wild view of the grand tetons from the backside. Truly something. I did not know much about them geologically, so this is really neat and I'll be following.
I guess you missed an opportunity to say "It's Your Fault" or something like that.
I’m more familiar with the Idaho side, as I’ve driven I-15 many times and have lived on that side of the range. I’m glad you learned a little something! Hopefully the next trip there for you feels like a new experience now.
I know there aren't very many geology nerds out there in the world - I have a geology group on a certain social media site that has so little activity that the site keeps threatening to delist it - but I'm hoping that maybe one or two of my followers will find this guy interesting.
Nope, there aren’t. But, I think more people would be interested in geology if they had a good teacher. Unfortunately, a lot of geology research can be pretty hard to portray to a general audience so the exposure just isn’t there.
"the Pacific Northwest has TONS to offer geologically..."
True, sort of. There is nothing here older than about 42 million years though, and most of it is younger than 18 million.
That's only three to six months ago in geological time*.
* Using the formula of Earth's lifetime compressed into one human lifetime.
Mostly true, but there is the Siletzia Terrance, amazing mountain and volcanic ranges, rainforests, extensional faulting from rotation of the crust, subduction on the coast. There's also the Josephine Ophiolite that is 150 million years old near Grant’s Pass in SW Oregon which has a full stratigraphic unit of oceanic crust and mantle that was thrust onto the continent. I have a piece of serpentinite from it and it's worth checking out. Not very often can you find uprooted mantle layers.
Wow, you know your stuff! Do you live here in the PNW?
I don't. I live in Texas currently. But in grad school, I did a summer field experiment in Oregon where we learned a lot about the subduction zone and tectonic history. I also had a semester course where we focused on the Basin and Range, and that course bled a little into the Pacific Northwest, because subduction is still continuing there.
I live about fifteen miles west of the western edge of the Basin & Range province. It's kinda weird when I'm driving to town past one of the last (in the direction I'm going) cinder cones and seeing a fault block horst right in front of me.
The Basin and Range is a crazy place to drive through. I'd imagine even more so for you, seeing the change from a volcanic chain to the mountains!