“Tectonic” as an adjective or “tectonics” as a noun refers to the large-scale structure of Earth’s crust and lithosphere. Outside of geology, the word tectonic may refer to a building or construction. The concept arrived in geological sciences prior to “plate tectonics”, mainly with application to mountain building. The word …
Well, you have to start somewhere, don’t you? This isn’t the beginning. It’s just a place in time, or maybe a coordinate in space-time, when the world around you seems gigantic. The hill is a mountain, the ground is a rolling ocean of green. We are ultra cool with a …
I lack enough creativity to distribute my photographs in some intelligent way, so you can find a number of photo albums on my Facebook page. Here’s a current list of the main albums below. The links will transport you to the relevant album. Many of the images don’t have much …
More or less. There were posts to an earlier version of the Geologist’s Pick back when it was partly designated to service a university-level class. (See the Colophon for a little history.) That was before Facebook, Twitter, and the tsunami of social media onto our shores. This site – it’s …
