Newly elected officers for 2022: President: Larry Meinert (Economic Geology & CSM); 1st VP: Kori Newman (STR); 2nd VP: Victor Zabielski (NVCC); Treasurer: Mark Fuhrmann (NRC retired); Council Secretary: Pat Carr (Dept of Defense); New Council Members: Mike Walter (Carnegie EPL), Megan Newcombe (Univ. of Maryland), Steve Mackwell (Rice University); Meeting Secretary: Beth Doyle (NVCC).
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This little dinosaur is no bigger than a bird, so its widely spaced footprints were quite puzzling.
@umdgeology's Tom Holtz helped recreate this raptor's movements millions of years later, shedding new light on the origin of flight. http://go.umd.edu/d-rarusCalcite & Pyrite, Hunan, China #MineralMonday
This lava-dome complex of Guatemala's Santa María volcano has been actively erupting since 1922.
😎#unconformity in southern Portugal🇵🇹
Have you ever seen a fish inside an ammonite shell? Now you have. #FossilFriday
This Jurassic specimen comes from Holzmaden and is on display at the Hauff Museum. I featured a similar fossil in my book, "LOCKED IN TIME", of tiny fish trapped inside giant clams.