On January 24, the LA Times reported that residents in the Montecito, California, area received conflicting information regarding evacuation zones prior to the worst post-fire floods and debris flows (often called mudflows) in recent California history. This is troubling news, as 21 people perished in these flows with two still missing, 65 homes were destroyed and another 462 were damaged.
To read the entire post, visit our Arizona Geology blog home - http://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/
Image courtesy of ABC-15.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
Got a geology story to tell
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 pointers to a new USGS StoryMap on North America's mid-continental rift episode at http://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/blog/2018-01/storymaps-brave-new-tool-geoscience-outreach.
You'll find the entire blog text and pointers to a new USGS StoryMap on North America's mid-continental rift episode at http://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/blog/2018-01/storymaps-brave-new-tool-geoscience-outreach.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
The Case for Navigable Rivers
Our newest post (22 Jan. 2018) presents Jon Fuller's 135-page contributed report on navigable rivers. This illustrated report includes case studies for three Arizona rivers: Gila, Salt and Verde Rivers.
Case for Navigable Rivers
Case for Navigable Rivers
Friday, January 05, 2018
Geology & uranium potential of Proterozoic rocks of the Central Arizona Arch and the Tonto Basin, Arizona
We are releasing a second suite of Phil
Anderson’s geologic mapping and research of Proterozoic rocks, which
includes geologic mapping and geochemical sampling of the Central
Arizona Arch that covers roughly 3,000 square miles in central Arizona.
See our full blog post with links to the newly released maps at http://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/
Study area & example of sampling. |
See our full blog post with links to the newly released maps at http://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/
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