UNCP Geology & Geography

11/04/2019

11/03/2019

Sources of heat for metamorphism
The two main sources of heat for metamorphism are the increasing temperature that occurs as we travel deeper into Earth’s interior and heat released to the surrounding rocks when a magma body cools.

11/02/2019

For all lovers of geological science

11/02/2019

We live on a geologically-active planet. This, of course, isn’t a shock to anyone but sometimes seeing just now active it is can be fascinating. ESRI put together a dynamic map (above) that captures worldwide volcanic activity over the past 10,000 years in just over 90 seconds. The planet lights u...

10/26/2019

There is some great advice in here!

10/25/2019

Our latest Geoscience Currents is the first in a series on professional licensure of geologists. This Geoscience Currents examines the primary sectors where geoscientists work and the kinds of work they do: https://www.americangeosciences.org/geoscience-currents

09/27/2019

Congratulations to Tori and Edgar for presenting at GSA this last week

Check out their abstract: gsa.confex.com/gsa/2019AM/webprogram/Paper339661.html

09/18/2019

Move the slider in the middle of the images back and forth to compare the two images.

09/07/2019

Wow. Look what Hurricane Dorian did to North Carolina State Road 12. This picture from Ocracoke.