Geology

The Tsunami At Ancient Tel Dor

The Tsunami At Ancient Tel Dor

Along the coast of Tel Dor, a maritime city in northwest Israel occupied from the Middle Bronze II period,  2000 BC, through the Crusader period, there is a marine shell and sand layer from…
East Kootenay Geology

East Kootenay Geology

The East Kootenay region on the south-eastern edge of British Columbia is a land of colossal mountains against a clear blue sky. That is not strictly true, of course, as this area does see its fair…
You Can't Trust Volcanoes

You Can't Trust Volcanoes

Don't be fooled by those tourist volcanoes that reliably produce small basaltic lava eruptions. A new study shows they hide the same chemically diverse magmas in their underground plumbing systems as…
Triassic Period: Bad Things Come In Threes

Triassic Period: Bad Things Come In Threes

Bad things come in threes, it is said, and nothing shows that more than The Carnian Age; the first stage of three in the mass extinction era of the Late Triassic Epoch 228 to 217 million years ago.…