Sheree is a PhD candidate at The University of Adelaide researching the plate tectonics of supercontinent Gondwana in Madagascar and India. You can stay up to date with her research here and follow her on twitter @geoSheree. Understanding how the Earth’s plate tectonics have evolved and changed over time has always fascinated me. When I was […]
Microbes and volcanoes in Oregon and Mars with Matthew Nikitczuk
Matthew Nikitczuk is a graduate student at Brock University exploring subsurface microbial activity in hydrovolcanic rocks. You can read more about Matthew’s research here. I find that one of the most interesting applications of geology is in that of planetary science. Of course, the focus of geology itself is to study the planet which we […]
Exploring the Igneous Intrusions of Alta, Utah with Shelby Brewster
Shelby Brewster is from Columbus, Ohio and is currently in her final year of undergrad in geological sciences at The Ohio University. My interest in geology was sparked by a family vacation to Utah and Arizona when I was 15. Coming from Ohio, I had never seen massive exposed outcrops of rock. The towering, red sandstones captivated me. I had […]
Braving the Drake Passage with Thomas Ronge
Dr. Thomas Ronge is a Marine Geologist currently working for the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. You can read more about his research here. The Drake Passage and the Antarctic Peninsula are key regions for our climate as well as for it’s past evolution. Propelled by strong, perpetual Southern Westerly Winds, the dominant force in the […]
The Oldest Strand of the South Tibetan Detachment in Nepal with Renaud Soucy La Roche
Renaud Soucy La Roche is a PhD candidate in the department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering at Queen’s University. His research focuses on the tectonometamorphic history of the Nepal Himalaya where he studies the forelandmost exposures of a major shear zone responsible for the exhumation of the Himalayan middle crust. Renaud and co. recently […]