geologic formation | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:18:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 My National Geographic moment https://boneblogger.com/my-national-geographic-moment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-national-geographic-moment Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:47:27 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1449 “A photographer from National Geographic wants to talk to you.” These words, or words to those effect, met me as I came into the museum office one day back in 2001, and they definitely caught my attention. It was 2001 and I was Assistant Director of the Sternberg Museum of Natural History. We had just […]

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]]> Spending time in Purgatoire https://boneblogger.com/spending-time-in-purgatoire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spending-time-in-purgatoire Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:11:01 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1405 One of the many places that I have been fortunate to spend time in is Purgatoire. Perhaps not the same thing you are thinking, but I am referring to the Purgatoire River Canyon in southeastern Colorado. Located south of La Junta, this area is an often-overlooked gem. The scenic vistas could be used for your […]

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]]> Formations https://boneblogger.com/formations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=formations Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:12:03 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=56 The crust of the Earth is composed of a complex mix of rock types formed in specific depositional environments. Most of your everyday experience occurs in erosional environments, places where the surface of the Earth is being eroded away by physical or chemical processes. Rocks underfoot are being broken up then transported as sediments to […]

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