Saturday, March 17, 2018

Sonoran Desert field trip guides

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The Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, hosts some of the wildest and most intriguing geology in the Southwest. In March...
Thursday, March 08, 2018

Shaking it up with AZGS’ Earthquake Fault Videos

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As part of our earthquake preparedness program, ‘ Arizona has Earthquakes ’, we've produced a suite of video shorts showcasing active f...
Friday, February 02, 2018

Arizona #2 in the U.S. in nonfuel mineral production in 2017

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Arizona come in 2nd in nonfuel mineral production in 2017. The US Geological Survey just released the Mineral Commodity Summaries 2018 for 2...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Deadly debris flows in the SW U.S. fueled by drought, wildfire, and rain

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On January 24, the   LA Times   reported that residents in the Montecito, California, area received conflicting information regarding evacua...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Got a geology story to tell

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Got a geology story to tell? ESRI's StoryMaps might be just the platform you are looking for. You'll find the entire blog text and ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The Case for Navigable Rivers

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Our newest post (22 Jan. 2018) presents Jon Fuller's 135-page contributed report on navigable rivers. This illustrated report includes c...
Friday, January 05, 2018

Geology & uranium potential of Proterozoic rocks of the Central Arizona Arch and the Tonto Basin, Arizona

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We are releasing a second suite of Phil Anderson’s geologic mapping and research of Proterozoic rocks, which includes geologic mapping an...
Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Arizona Geology e-Magazine touts new earth fissure maps

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For our most recent blog, which showcases our Fall-Winter Arizona Geology e-Magazine article, " Arizona Geology e-Magazine touts new ea...
Friday, November 03, 2017

Utah Earthquakes (1850–2016) and Quaternary Faults

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Our newest post on the recently released, and magnificent, 'Utah Earthquakes (1850–2016) and Quaternary Faults' map by Steve Bowma...
Friday, October 27, 2017

One Paleontologist's / Data Scientist's Experience at the Geological Society of America's 2017 Annual Meeting

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 For this invited blog by AZGS's newest hire Andrew Zaffos, visit our new Arizona Geology blog site: http://blog.azgs.arizona.edu And...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Great Arizona ShakeOut Results

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The Great Arizona ShakeOut enrolled more 111,000 people. To learn more you'll have to join us at our new blog environment.  http://blog....
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

ARIZONA GEOLOGY BLOG now at http://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/

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Dear Readers,  Portal page of new Arizona Geology Blog After 10 years and more than 4,000 blog posts (and more than 1-million views),...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

AZGS STATEMAP 2017 deliverables: Delivered!

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We just delivered geologic map data for four 7.5’ quadrangles to the US Geological Survey as part of our 2017 STATEMAP work – see the lis...
Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Modeling Post-Wildfire Debris-Flow & Flooding Assessment: Coconino County, Arizona

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Cover shot of AZGS Open-File Report Over the past decade the Southwestern U.S. has seen a surge in the number and intensity of wildland ...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Return of Arizona Mining Review: Mining Pozzolan in Central Arizona

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Volcanic tuff pozzolan exposed at Kirkland Mine Return of Arizona Mining Review   Following a 15-month hiatus, the Arizona Mini...