Geology Club - University of Missouri, Kansas City

08/20/2017

Come see us at the Student Union for Union Fest.

06/07/2017

2017 field camp at Oyster Mountain with Bear Butte in the distance.

04/21/2017

Go with the flow 🌋

04/14/2017

Before graduating, Joshua Bragg has a job waiting for him as a geologist Get to know our students, and you’ll know what UMKC is all about. Joshua Bragg, ’17 Program: Bachelor of Science in Geology School: College of Arts and Sciences Groups and...

04/04/2017

Hey Everyone! We have a River Cleanup just around the corner! This is a very fun, impactful, and FREE event! Please contact Kellie Case as soon as you can if you are interested in going!

02/23/2017

TONIGHT! Come on down (or up)!

02/16/2017

TONIGHT!

02/09/2017

TONIGHT! Take a study break and join us!

02/09/2017

02/07/2017

Earthquakes in our neck of the woods.

On this day 205 years ago at approximately 3:45 a.m. local time, a magnitude ~7.5 earthquake struck western Tennessee and western Kentucky, southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas. It was the last and likely the largest of the 1811-1812 sequence, which began with a comparably large earthquake on December 16, 1811. Boatmen on the Mississippi River reported waterfalls on the river probably near where the Reelfoot fault rupture crosses the river southeast of the town of New Madrid, Missouri.

This map shows earthquake epicenters M2.0 and larger since 1973, and the surface trace of the Reelfoot fault. (Credit: USGS)

The February 7 earthquake generated many aftershocks, including several that were around magnitude 5. The earthquake was clearly felt up to about 900 miles away along the Eastern Seaboard from New York to Savannah, Georgia. Chimneys were thrown down 350 miles away in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the shaking damaged chimneys over 500 miles away in Columbia, South Carolina President James Madison felt it in Washington D.C. and wrote about it in a letter to Thomas Jefferson. If a similar quake was to occur today, it would strongly impact the buildings where 12 million people now live and work in the St. Louis–Memphis region. Learn more about this event at https://on.doi.gov/2jMyNyG.

Learn what to do before, during, and after an earthquake at http://bit.ly/2gQD7Pn.

02/02/2017

A big "thank you!" to those who were able to make it out to the meeting yesterday. Hopefully we will see you all at the upcoming events!

If you are interested in any of the trips we talked about, please email Aaron ([email protected]) or Joe ([email protected]). We are going to need a head count of all of those wanting to go in order to plan ahead. Please try and let us know at least 2 weeks before the weekend of the trip. If email doesn't work for you, we are usually on-campus 5-days a week somewhere on the 4th floor of Flarsheim Hall and you can talk to us face-to-face.

As we reiterated during the meeting, email us about anything regarding the events, questions, recommendations, etc... We want this club to be a tool for you! We can help you get research started, participate in the community, get study groups together, provide an opportunity to go out and see something you're learning about, help you meet other people... the list goes on!

And finally, don't forget that we'll be taking a homework break tonight and will be hanging out at UpDown starting at around 7:00pm. Non-alcoholic beverages and pizza are also available, but unfortunately you do have to be 21+ to get in. We hope you can make it out! I'm looking for some MarioKart64 and Skeeball competition myself, so bring it on!