#sedimentology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sedimentology, aggregated by home.social.
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Laterite (Pedology 🟤)
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminum that often forms in hot, wet areas; most such soil is found in the tropics. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration due to high iron oxide content. Laterite soils develop by intensive and prolonged weathering of the underlying parent rock, usually under conditions of high temperatures and heavy rainfall...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterite
#Laterite #Pedology #Regolith #Weathering #OreDeposits #Sedimentology
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When Heavy Rain Meets #Glacial Landscapes – Record-Breaking #Flooding in #WashingtonState [USA]…
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/geological-society-of-america_geohazards-flooding-landslides-ugcPost-7405031818007187457-wuwy <-- shared GSA LinkedIn post
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https://doi.org/10.1130/G39691.1 <-- shared paper
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https://komonews.com/news/local/landslide-risk-western-washington-severe-flooding-heavy-rain-continues-for-dirt-soil-sediment-weather-forecast-winter-storm-pacific-northwest <-- shared media article
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https://youtu.be/1yB34LibGo8?si=Z_Ug5gd3xLhvZGym <-- shared media video
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#geohazards #Landslides #Geology #landslide #severeweather #landslides #landsliderisk #weather #westernwashington #washingtonflooding #flooding #winterconditions #storm #pnw #meteorology #science #massmovement #flood #extremeweather #fluvial #pluvial #rainfall #atmosphericriver #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #mitigation #forecasting #riskmanagement #damage #infrastructure #cost #economics #publicsafety #PNW #PacificNorthwest #water #hydrology #glacial #sediment #sedimentology #stratigraphy #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #elevation #slopestability #froundwater #hydrology #model #flow #modeling #outwash #till #clay #watertable #lithology #landscape #geomorphology #geometry #USA -
Professor Helps Discover Global Gap In Geologic Record
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https://phys.org/news/2024-10-professor-global-gap-geologic.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104912 <-- shared paper
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#geology #sedimentation #sediment #offshore #coast #coastal #model #modeling #sealevel #erosion #weathering #continentalshelf #geologichistory #submarine #unconformity #pelagic #marine #continentalmargin #sedimentology #siliciclastic #icehousetransition #eocene #oligocene #slope #basinfloor #submarinecanyon #masswasting #debrisflow -
The Egyptian Pyramid Chain Was Built Along The Now-Abandoned Ahramat Nile Branch
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01379-7 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Egypt #pyramid #pyramids #Nile #NileR #NileRiver #water #hydrology #archaeology #AncientEgypt #desert #meander #branch #radar #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #EO #geophysics #GPR #sampling #soil #coring #subsurface #sedimentology #NileValley #Ahramat #AhramatBranch #WesternDesertPlateau #OldKingdom #MiddleKingdom #causeways #ValleyTemples #harbours #construction #engineering #transportation #river #buildingmaterials #paleohydrology