Results for subject term "Geology ": 3
Cracking the Coastal Translational Landslides Code
Have you ever thought about buying the perfect dream home on a grassy hill, overlooking a nice river or an ocean? Well, I would suggest thinking again. Every year many hillsides are eroded or made smaller by a landslide, especially in coastal areas…
Mysterious Lava Flows and Fountains
Looking at all these brown and grey cliffs of basalt, who would have thought that geologists could figure out that they had once been shot out of cracks in the ground as buoyant convection plumes of magma? Well leave it to Dr. Richard James Brown and…
Look out for the Latah
The Fish Lake Trail starts near Sunset Boulevard on the west side of Spokane. On this trail, it is easy to see many different geological features. One of the features is an outcrop of the Latah Formation. This can be seen about one mile from the…