Category: Interpreting ancient environments

February 15, 2025

The two main types of alluvial fans illustrated here are from humid and arid environments.

February 14, 2025

Here are some examples of modern and ancient sand dunes from continental and coastal settings.

February 4, 2025

Ora Hitchcock was an artist, often referred to as America’s first science illustrator, well regarded

January 30, 2025

This biography is part of the series Pioneering women in Earth Sciences – the link

January 21, 2025

We tend to forget that, despite the plethora of lithofacies and stratigraphic models of turbidites,

January 21, 2025

Physical experiments on natural systems commonly employ scaled models. A guiding principle of model design

January 21, 2025

Experimental modeling of geological processes has a long and distinguished history. Throughout, these experiments were

October 10, 2024

This biography is part of the series Pioneering women in Earth Sciences – the link

September 5, 2024

I wonder whether James R. Beerbower had any inkling that his paper on alluvial fan

August 5, 2024

A look at the modern settings for carbonate platform deposits on Aitutaki volcanic island and