Maine Geology Hikes

It's my 20th post!  This blog post is the first of several that will highlight an outcrop that drove my interest in Maine geology.  If ...

Every middle schooler hears about Pangea.  You look at the world map and envision the ocean closing and that land before time re-forming.  A...

When I first started learning about rocks I remember being impressed that each rock formation was unique.  The reddish color of a brownston...

1. The Layers The layers in this rock suggest that it accumulated over time as sediment piled up somewhere. In the case of this rock it m...

Two weeks ago my friend Colin and I climbed Mount Megunticook.  I was bending his ear about a particular rock, or piece of geologic history...

Ernest Hemingway is rumored to have won a bet by telling the world's shortest story: "For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn."  As I...

The first mistake many potential geology nerds make is to assume that any given rock doesn't have an interesting story.  If they didn...