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Thursday, 30 June 2016

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Lake Washington Canal Association 

New Stories in Stone [2016-06-30 16:53:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info

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Yesterday, I was fortunate to meet Carol Whipple, great granddaughter of one of Seattle’s more important early citizens, Roger Sherman Greene. Greene had arrived in the state in 1870, when President Ulysses Grant appointed him to be associate justice to the Washington Territory Supreme Court. Greene moved to Seattle in 1882, where he became involved in … Continue reading Lake Washington Canal

Bertha Demo Period Done, Resumes Mining 

GeoPrac.net [2016-03-15 07:27:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info

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The Bertha tunnel boring machine has resumed chewing away beneath Seattle after a 'suspension for cause' order from WSDOT shut it down in January following two safety incidents. The BTM began tunneling with some conditions in place late in February, and those conditions were lifted when the demonstration period ended on March 7. Bertha has now reached her next scheduled maintenance stop, having tunneled a total of 1,560 feet. [Source: WSDOT Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project Page. [...]

I've Been Under, Over, and On a Volcano. Now Let's Go Into a Volcano 

Geotripper [2015-12-07 04:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (583 visits) info

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Being on a volcano isn't too bad,at least if it isn't erupting. In Hawaii, I've even enjoyed being on an erupting volcano. "On" isn't too hard as a rule. You just drive or walk on it. Being over a volcano takes a little aerial technology, but flying to Seattle on a clear day does the trick. I've occasionally posted aerial shots of the Cascades volcanoes. Getting under a volcano is a

A Floating Church in Seattle 

New Stories in Stone [2015-11-13 19:51:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (212 visits) info

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I suspect that few people who walk up Jackson Street in Seattle’s international district realize they are walking past a floating church. Technically, it’s no longer a church nor is it truly floating but it is suspended above the street. The building is located on the northwest corner of South Jackson Street and Maynard Avenue … Continue reading A Floating Church in

Bertha Tunneling to Resume 1 Month Later Than Planned 

GeoPrac.net [2015-11-13 06:47:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (136 visits) info

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The Seattle Tunnel Partners JV announced last month that tunneling on the Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement project will resume a month later than originally planned. The Bertha TBM will resume mining on December 23 after a unique repair operation involving an access shaft. The tunnel boring machine is currently undergoing testing, and a jet grouting operation to tighten up the ground in advance of the TBM was undertaken last month. [Source: More at WSDOT Alaskan Way Viaduct Page. Image: WSDOT [...]

How to lower a lake – Seattle 1916 

New Stories in Stone [2015-10-18 16:55:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (672 visits) info

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The other day my mom asked me a very basic question and one that I had never considered. How exactly did they lower Lake Washington during construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks? Completed in 1916 and officially opened in 1917, this was one of the great engineering feats … Continue reading How to lower a lake – Seattle

My 1st dino-related career activity! 

ART Evolved: Life's Time Capsule [2015-08-17 06:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (234 visits) info

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As you may remember, the old plan was "to use my experience at Eastern National Boston to get a similar job at a natural history institution" ( http://jd-man.deviantart.com/journal/Career-activity-update-423069942 ). Apparently it worked, b/c as of this past March, I'm an Admissions and Membership Associate at the Franklin Park Zoo ( http://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo ). I wanted to tell you right then, but decided to wait until after my 1st Employee Performance Evaluation just to [...]

The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle 

GeoPrac.net [2015-08-02 23:04:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
This is a fantastic article by Kathryn Schulz for New Yorker Magazine on the seismic and tsunami hazards associated with the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Pacific Northwest. Ms. Schulz paints a very vivid picture of what the devestation will look like based on input from many people who know what they are talking about, geologists, seismologists, FEMA officials, and State and Local disaster planning folks. This article was so effective, that NPR reported a run on survival kit supplies in [...]

The Geological Evolution of the NW USA. 

Geology in the West Country [2015-07-28 18:32:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (244 visits) info

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The Geological Evolution of the NW USA.Leader: Dr Doug RobinsonSaturday 28 May - Sunday June 12th 2016 The trip will occupy 14 nights, flying into Seattle in Washington State and out of Denver in Colorado.The weather can be expected to be very variable; temperatures should range from low 60s to lows 70s during the day. The western NW USA usually has its driest period during the summer, but the Yellowstone, and Rocky Mt region near Denver are at high altitude and it is not unknown for snow to [...]

Places with equal chance of devastation as Seattle - Part 2 

Ontario-geofish [2015-07-18 15:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (181 visits) info

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So why is almost every city in danger of being wiped out at 1 in 500?  That's because everybody and their dog build to living memory, which is about 1 in 100.  Thus New Orleans only builds seawalls for Granpappy's Great Storm.  They wouldn't get any money to build better. There was this guy who saved a Japanese coastal village by building a 50 foot high seawall.  He inspired everybody and

Places with equal chance of devastation as Seattle - Part 1 

Ontario-geofish [2015-07-18 13:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info

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The great Newyorker has put a spotlight on the west coast and the Cascadia event. It's a great article, but the main impact comes from the implication that it is 'overdue', and will happen 'tomorrow'.  Thus, taken in isolation, it's an 'Oh my God!' moment. Well, I call 'Bullshoot' on this one.  (I have a world audience :).  Devastation there is at the same odds as devastation anywhere, about

Geology Underfoot – Reading in Seattle 

New Stories in Stone [2015-06-15 16:52:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (194 visits) info

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Just quick note about Dave Tucker’s talk tonight at 7pm at the UBookstore in Seattle. He’ll be talking about his wonderful and much needed new book, Geology Underfoot in Western Washington. Don’t be shy, come support Dave and independent bookstores. Congrats

Ammonites in Seattle 

New Stories in Stone [2015-06-10 00:12:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (210 visits) info

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Last night I was fortunate to give a short presentation to the Cephalopod Appreciation Society. I wanted to follow up that talk with a guide to where to see ammonites in Seattle. Here’s the skinny. The rock: 155 million year old Treuchtlingen Marble – It is actually a limestone because the rock has not been … Continue reading Ammonites in

May 19, 2015 

Geology.com News [2015-05-19 07:10:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info

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Curiosity Rover Records A Sunset on MarsNASA Caving Trip at Salma Plateau, OmanCavingNews.com Colombia Landslide Kills DozensCNN Self-Healing Concrete: Dormant Bacteria Wait for a FractureCNN Prices Rising for Oil Sands Real EstateBloomberg A Test of Waterless Fracking in OhioShale Energy Insider “Paddle in Seattle” – A Protest Against Shell’s Arctic DrillingSeattle Times 17th Century Spanish

Mount Saint Helens: 35 years ago 

New Stories in Stone [2015-05-18 17:22:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (146 visits) info

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As someone who grew up in Seattle and has lived here for the past 17 years, I, like many in the Pacific Northwest, have a long history with Mount Saint Helens. In junior high, we took a field trip to explore the volcano’s lava tubes. I remember wandering through the narrow passages and being excited … Continue reading Mount Saint Helens: 35 years

Mikado Street in Seattle 

New Stories in Stone [2015-05-11 16:37:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (613 visits) info

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I have read in a variety of books, articles, and web sites that one of the earlier signs of the presence of Japanese in Seattle was the street name “Mikado Street.” The reference, I believe, is to Augustus Koch’s 1891 Bird’s Eye View of Seattle, which includes the street on it. Below is the map and … Continue reading Mikado Street in

Seattle and the AEG Professional Forum on Landslides 

Geo Slice [2015-03-13 18:36:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info

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I must apologize for not posting much around here as it's been a very hectic beginning of 2015. So, I'll just skip ahead a bit. About to speak at the Washington Section meeting. At the end of February I traveled to Seattle, WA to speak at the Washington Section AEG, at an applied geology course at the University of Washington, attend the AEG Professional Forum on Landslides, and then

Burke Museum – Paleontology Collections Manager 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [2015-02-24 11:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info

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The University of Washington Burke Museum invites applications for the full-time position of collections manager of paleontology. The museum, located on the university campus in Seattle, is a repository for research collections and has substantial exhibit and K-16 outreach programs. Currently the paleontology division includes three curators, one full-time collections manager, one full-time fossil preparator, and over 20 adjunct curators and research associates. Fossil collections at the Burke [...]

Bertha TBM Access Pit Excavation Complete 

GeoPrac.net [2015-02-09 07:08:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (157 visits) info

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The excavation has been completed for the access shaft or rescue shaft that was needed to be able to remove the damaged cutterhead of the Bertha TBM on the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement project in Seattle. The target depth of 120 feet was reached on January 30. WSDOT reports that settlement levels have remained stable in the pit area after an earlier settlement issue. In addition to the project update on the WSDOT project page, there is an excellent article on the work done by Malcom [...]

Seattle and Vancouver - Spectacular Engineering Failures 

Ontario-geofish [2015-01-16 15:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (162 visits) info

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Both Vancouver and Seattle have wanted to put huge tunnels under the city in muck.  Both are now experiencing settlement problems which is a bad thing in earthquake country. But Seattle is much more.  Just barely into the tunnel, this monster, the largest ever, sprung it's bearing.  Since the entire machine is just the bearing, this cannot happen, or should not.  I saw one of this
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