Virtual Geomorphology
Recently, staff at the Allan Price Science Commons were asked to help with a virtual geology field camp. Ray Weldon is the professor and given the current pandemic, he was concerned that students...
Tagged: geology
The Toe of Oregon’s only Dinosaur
I was recently contacted by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to make a few replicas of Oregon’s only dinosaur fossil, a dinosaur toe bone, for one of their outreach programs. The state...
Ridgecrest, CA Earthquakes and Seismograms
It would be difficult to miss news about the recent Ridgecrest earthquakes in California that erupted on the Fourth of July. Five days later there have been hundreds of smaller earthquakes in same...
Learning to Fly for Science, Earth Science
In support of the Geology field camp efforts of Drs. Valerie Sahakian and Ray Weldon of the University of Oregon’s Earth Sciences Department, I was asked to help them teach students how to...
UAV Imagery – Autzen Stadium and Much More!
In preparation for several upcoming workshops on UAVs/Drones that I am offering through the Price Science Commons and Research Library, I needed to update the geofencing on the UO Library’s DJI Phantom IV...
Exploring Ultramafic Plant Communities – The Weirdness of Southwest Oregon
Southwest Oregon is a geologic anomaly compared to the rest of the state. This area comprising most or all of Josephine County is a section of Mesozoic continental crust from the east that...
A rocking talk on the Missoula Floods with Scott Burns
Portland State University Emeritus Professor Scott Burns packed Willamette Hall Room 100 last Friday night with his talk on the Missoula Floods for the Eugene Natural History Society. Scott has written a book...
Palora, Ecuador earthquake 2/22/2019
Seismic data from today’s 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador. Our seismometers (one in the Price Science Commons) picked up the 2:17 am quake signal at about 2:27 am PST, so about 10 minutes later. ...
Mt St Helens Model
Check out this model of Mount Saint Helens that we received at the Price Science Commons from the UO Earth Sciences Department and faculty member, Ray Weldon. For all of the 3D modeling that...
Shake Alert
Although, it might be too late to attend today’s Shake Alert conference for educators, you might want to track on the link and conversation. The University of Oregon’s Earth Science Department is a...