The Fellowship did not begin the Quest in the Shire; nor did the Quest end in the darkest depths of Mordor. There was no trekking through the Mines of Moria, and the Plains of Rohan remain untrod, for ...

Structural geology is the discipline devoted to the study of rock deformation and the resulting features – such as folds, faults, joints and other discontinuities – that record the history of tectonic ...

VANCOUVER – JULY 3, 2013 – James Siddorn was awarded the Past Presidents Memorial Medalby the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, in recognition of his efforts to teach and inspire ...

Research in structural geology and tectonics seeks to define how and why deformation occurs within the earth at scales from mineral fabrics to lithospheric plates, and at time frames ranging from ...

Structural geologist Michele Cooke calls it the "million-dollar question" that underlies all work in her laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst: what goes on deep in the earth as strike ...

The primary structural controls on the gold mineralization at the F2 Gold Deposit are the well-established dextral Riedel vein system of quartz-actinolite veins (the "Riedel vein system") that occur ...

Geology majors tend to have a few common traits. They are curious about how our planet works, they want to study a rigorous science, and they want a challenging career that is relevant to society.