Mega-Quake: Earthquake in Chile
Not long after the devastation of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake which left over a million people homeless and 200,000 dead in Haiti, an earthquake nearing 100 times more powerful struck [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Change of Plans
As of early this week, the trip to North Carolina to visit the site of the I-40 rockslide has been canceled. The trip was planned as a university function and [...]
I-40 Rockslide
Slope failures in the United States are the most destructive of natural occurrences annually. While natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes are visually the more damaging and terrifying, it [...]
Giant Oysters Cross Antarctica!
Friday, the Kent State University Department of Geology hosted a talk by Dr. Silvio Casadio of the Univ. Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina. Dr. Casadio’s talk, “West Antarctic Rift system: [...]
