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Notes from our Trip to Hades: Heat Wave in California 

There isn't a whole lot to say, other than to be aware of possibilities when one schedules trips in the southwest in July or August. We are on our way to Grand Canyon, and our route took us through the Mojave Desert during a particularly hot stretch of weather. I know that car thermometers are not at all the same as official weather stations, but mine has been accurate at lower temperatures.

Cool fossils from the Clearville member of the Mahantango Formation 

On Saturday, I took my historical geology class on their field trip out to Corridor H, West Virginia. We made a stop at the Mahantango Formation outcrop exposed on the eastbound exit ramp near Baker, and poked around there for fossils. These Devonian-aged siltstones are chock full of invertebrates including rugose corals, crinoids, articulate brachiopods, and even trilobites. Here are two of the best fossils we encountered there: A trilobite

Drool-Worthy Geology at Whatcom Falls Park 

Sometimes, having your plans fall through is the best possible thing. B and I headed up to Mount Baker yesterday to get you all some lovely volcano photos. Alas, the haze in the air was so thick you... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Harry Baker’s Love Poem For Lonely Prime Numbers 

Blogs about science do not often have poetry, and when they do I suspect it’s not what most folks would call good poetry, but here is an exception, and I think you’ll agree, thanks to Harry Baker, it’s an exceptional exception. Baker is studying maths in the UK, and this Ted Talk is from an event in Exeter, a PRIME location, I should mention, to explore the beautiful south and

AEG Meeting, Emergency Retaining Wall Replacement, 26th Street, Baltimore, MD 

Geologists and students: I want to personally invite you and your colleagues to the October 16, 2014 AEG-BWH meeting featuring Joe Cavey of Hayward Baker and Jim Guinther, of Whitman, Requardt & Associates. Their talk concerns the collapse of the … Continue reading

AEG-BWH Meeting, September 18 

Geologists and students: I want to personally invite you and your colleagues to the October 16, 2014 AEG-BWH meeting featuring Joe Cavey of Hayward Baker and Jim Guinther, of Whitman, Requardt & Associates. Their talk concerns the collapse of the … Continue reading

Changes in hyporheic exchange and subsurface processes following stream restoration 

The Watershed Hydrology lab will be out in force for the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Vancouver in October. Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing the abstracts of the work we are presenting there. CHANGES IN HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE AND SUBSURFACE PROCESSES FOLLOWING STREAM RESTORATION BAKER, Stuart

Development of hyporheic exchange and nutrient uptake following stream restoration 

Next week, the Watershed Hydrology Lab will be well represented at the CUAHSI 2014 Biennial Colloquium. We’ll be presenting four posters, so here come the abstracts… Development of hyporheic exchange and nutrient uptake following stream restoration Stuart Baker and Anne Jefferson Stream restoration is a multi-million dollar industry in Ohio,

Dramatic Rig Count Trends 

The Energy Information Administration has published a graph showing trends of the Baker Hughes Rig Count between 1990 and

Utah ghost tree offers centuries-old ‘climate archive’ 

sltrib.com While on a walk with his wife near Utah’s Indian Creek last fall, Barry Baker discovered a 13-foot juniper hovering like a ghost, embedded in a towering cutbank several feet above a creek bed. READ

Exploring the Tecopa region … and finally the trilobites! 

ZZYZX, CALIFORNIA–This was our last full day of geological adventures in the Mojave Desert for 2013. The weather was even warmer than yesterday, with the temperature in Baker at 4:00 p.m. a delightful 94°F. We began in the usual way from our temporary home at the Desert Studies Center, heading north of Baker again to

Birthday's and Blue Cakes 

I have been on lots of boats but I’ve never had a birthday on-board before. Today I celebrated with a blue cake in the shape of a biology book that Abraham the baker made for me. I also received a handful of starburst sweets; a homemade magnet decorated with vampire squid, a poster with my name on, a box of marzipan French delicacies, 3 cards (two homemade) and lots of hugs and kisses. read

Marvelous Melons 

During the Christmas and New Year Celebrations, the onboard baker carved water melons into a variety of fantastic shapes. Each one takes about three days to complete as he does it in his spare time. Here are a selection of my favorites....         read

Troubled Eastern NC Riverfront Convention Center Gets Lifeline from Hayward Baker and TerraThane™ Geotech Foam by NCFI Polyurethanes 

MOUNT AIRY, NC—The 12-year-old riverfront Convention Center in New Bern, NC was in trouble. The building's exterior is supported by pilings driven deep in the ground, but the floors sit directly on the earth and silt of the old riverbed. The land was in-filled by old docks and building debris in the 1970s and settling, erosion, and construction mistakes were taking their toll on the building. Parts of the floor and patio sunk up to seven inches, cracks and uneven joints in the concrete [...]

Guided Geology Field Trip: Scott Paul Trail, Mount Baker, August 28. 

Mount Baker Volcano Research Center announces a guided geology field trip on the Scott Paul Trail, guided by Dave Tucker (WWU-MBVRC) and Doug McKeever (WCC-MBVRC). Tuesday, August 28, all day. 7.5 miles, 2000′ elevation gain. Cost is $75 donation to MBVRC’s nonprofit research and education fund. The trip visits volcanic and glacial deposits, as well

Hayward Baker's Emergency Sinkhole Repair, US 24, Colorado 

Hayward Baker has been working 18-hour days for Colorado DOT to repair a sinkhole on US 24 caused by an abandoned railroad tunnel. The link below takes you to a photo gallery on Hayward Baker's Facebook page where there is a comment noting that there is more information on the project in the July 30 issue of ENR. [Source: Hayward Baker Facebook Page. Image: Hayward Baker

MBVRC Geology field trip offered, North Nooksack River 

Here’s a reminder to sign up for the Mount Baker Volcano Research Center field trip to volcanic rocks and landslides in the North Fork Nooksack River (Whatcom County) on August 8th. The cost is $75, which includes a guide and van transportation from Bellingham. Proceeds support the MBVRC research fund. Van seats are limited, so

Hayward Baker Promotes Gary Taylor 

Gary Taylor, L.G., L.E.G. has been promoted to vice president of Hayward Baker's Santa Paula office in California. He has also been names as a member of the company's Executive Committee. Odenton, MD (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 Hayward Baker Inc., North America’s leader in geotechnical construction, announces the promotion of Gary Taylor, L.G., L.E.G. to vice president of the company’s Santa Paula office in California. Mr. Taylor has also been named the leader of Hayward Baker’s [...]

First MBVRC field trip of 2012 

The first Mount Baker Volcano Research Center geology field trip of 2012 is announced over on the MBVRC blog. The trip will head up the North fork Nooksack and visit the Pinus Lake lava flow, the Wells Creek formation (subducted sea floor basalt), the gigantic Church Mountain Landslide, an older and larger version of the

New MBVRC t-shirts: advance orders 

Reblogged from Mount Baker Volcano Research Center subscription website: [caption id="attachment_5310" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="Two-color design on the front of the shirt- fumaroles in Sherman Crater seen through the East Breach."][/caption] Advance orders are being taken for the 2012 MBVRC fundraiser T-shirts  Proceeds go to the research grant fund. Deadline for this special pre-printing offer is