January 2018 – Ingalls Weather

Cascades, Flood, Geology, Geology 111, History, Mount St. Helens, Mount St. Helens Memories, Pacific Northwest, Research, Tri-Cities, Washington

First hand accounts of Mount St. Helens’ 1980 eruption

30 January 2018 1 Comment

Author’s Note: This part of a weekly series on geology for a class I am taking this semester at BYU-Idaho. This week’s prompt required students to interview somebody who had firsthand experience with a volcano. I interviewed my grandparents, who lived in Kennewick, Wash. when Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980. Other posts from this […]

Geology, Geology 111, Nevada, Reno, Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, Water

Salt is my favorite mineral

23 January 2018 No Comments

Author’s Note: This part of a weekly series on geology for a class I am taking this semester at BYU-Idaho. This week’s prompt required students to find a mineral in their local area and explain what it is. Other posts from this assignment can be found under the “Geology 111” category. Featured Image: The Great […]

Cascades, Geology, Geology 111, History, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Portland, Reno, Research, San Francisco, Seattle, Tri-Cities, Washington

Earthquakes in the Cascadia Subduction Zone

16 January 2018 2 Comments

Author’s Note: This part of a weekly series on geology for a class I am taking this semester at BYU-Idaho. This week’s prompt required students to find a news article, post it on our blogs and explain how plate tectonics played a role in the situation. Other posts from this assignment can be found under […]

Geology, Geology 111, Nevada, Reno, Research, Water, Yellowstone

Thermal Springs of Nevada

9 January 2018 1 Comment

Author’s Note: This the first part of a weekly series on geology for a class I am taking this semester at BYU-Idaho. This week’s prompt is “Where have you seen geology in your daily life?” Other posts from this assignment can be found under the “Geology 111” category. Geology, like weather, is all around us and […]