Geo.Squared

Geology and Geography educational resources for all. Set up by two PhDs with a passion for education and earth sciences. Aim to keep learning fun for everyone!

[Geo.Squared @SquaredGeo]

Kicking off the #MineralAlphabet we have #Andalusite: an orthorhombic silicate mineral with distinct prismatic cleavage, uneven to subconchoidal fracture and trimorphic with #Kyanite & #Sillimanite. #Chiastolite a variety of Andalusite has a cruciform cross-section. #mineralABC

[Geoscience EnvAgency @GeoscienceEA]

It's National Groundwater Awareness Week March 10-16! THINK!...when you next turn the tap on for a glass of water you could be drinking #groundwater A third of #watersupplies in England & Wales are derived from our #aquifers #Chalk #PermoTriassicSandstone #JurassicLimestone #GWAW

[Dr Dean Lomax @Dean_R_Lomax]

Happy dinosaur birthday to Dr Gideon Mantell, who was born #OnThisDay in 1790. Gideon, along with his wife, Mary, discovered the first teeth of one of the most famous dinosaurs of all, Iguanodon.

Gideon dedicated much of his life to studying dinosaurs & other fossils #Legend

[GeoWeekUK @GeoWeekUK]

The number of GeoWeek events is on the up! Please check out our new WebMapApp. #activeGeoWeek2019 @BritGeoSurvey https://t.co/tabo2i9zlJ

[PalaeozoicJapan✊🕊️🇵🇸 #FreePalestine @PalaeozoicJapan]

Know your cephalopods. Love this poster! @Thomas_Clements

[Prof Claire J. Horwell 😷 @claire_horwell]

To all the Geography A Level teachers out there: when you are encouraging your students to study 'geography' at University, please introduce them to the possibility of studying Earth Sciences or Environmental (Geo)sciences. Students want to study volcanoes, earthquakes & fossils!

[Lapworth Museum of Geology @lapworthmuseum]

Creative Children Curating Collections is exhibition with a twist... we handed all of the curative power over to a group of amazing toddlers!

Find out about what they got up to when they visited the Museum @unibirmingham! (best with sound on)

#LapworthRocks #KidsinMuseums

[British Geological Survey @BritGeoSurvey]

Rapid shifts in magnetic north pole was the discussion last Friday 11th Jan on The @Matthew_Wright Show on @talkRADIO with BGS Geophysicist Dr Ciaran Beggan https://t.co/l0Ea7lMeX1 (click on 14.30-15.00 segment to hear Ciaran) - read latest blog for more: https://t.co/lGTv27gON5

[Prof Claire J. Horwell 😷 @claire_horwell]

#Merapi volcano’s lava dome is now large enough that mini-collapses are escaping the crater so small pyroclastic flows have been visible travelling to about 400m down the upper Gendol valley. Does anyone know if the quarries downstream are still operating?

[CErSE @CErSE_US]

How can a land-based #volcano cause a #tsunami?
Unfortunate events at Jakarta, Indonesia were likely caused by #earthquake from volcanic activity of #Krakatau , releasing loosely created side of volcano—#landslide
https://t.co/F5BmqjudyQ

@GeoscienceAus #EarthScience #geology

[Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner]

Known impact of the tsunami on the Sunda Strait as of 07.00 p.m. WIB, 24/12/2018: 281 deaths, 1,016 people injured, 57 people missing & 11,687 people displaced. Physical damage: 611 houses, 69 hotels-vilas, 60 stalls and shops, 420 boats.

[CErSE @CErSE_US]

#12DaysofSeismology
On the 5th day of #Seismology
my Transform Fault gave to me,
Hot magma rising; offset ridges spreading
All at the mid-ocean ridge
@IRIS_EPO @NSF #earthquake #earthscience #geology #STEM

[British Geological Survey @BritGeoSurvey]

For #TectonicTuesday we have an image from a cliff section, near Corton Village in Suffolk. The image shows #microfaulting in Corton Sands. The sands contain fine carbonaceous laminae which are offset by a series of normal microfaults. For more images see https://t.co/BOkJ8HtEQm

[CErSE @CErSE_US]

#12DaysofSeismology
On the 4th day of #Seismology
my Oblique Fault gave to me,
A mix of Normal & Strike Slip Faulting
@IRIS_EPO @NSF #earthquake #earthscience #geology #STEM

[CErSE @CErSE_US]

#12DaysofSeismology
On the 3rd day of #Seismology
my Strike-Slip Fault gave to me,
A Fault Plane parallel to both plates @IRIS_EPO @NSF
#earthquake #earthscience #earthquake #EarthScience #ngss #geology #STEM

[CErSE @CErSE_US]

#12DaysofSeismology
On the 2nd day of #Seismology, my Reverse Fault gave to me,
a hanging wall above its own foot wall @IRIS_EPO
#earthquake #EarthScience #ngss #geology #STEM

[CErSE @CErSE_US]

#12DaysofSeismology
On the 1st day of #seismology my Normal Fault gave to me,
a Foot & a Hanging Wall! @IRIS_EPO
#earthquake #earthscience #ngss #geology

[Geoscience EnvAgency @GeoscienceEA]

A day in the life of a #hydrogeologist….understanding the subsurface #rocks & #aquifers are an important part of the job. We get useful data from drilling #boreholes, rock cores, geological maps & rock outcrops in order to produce conceptual #groundwater models of the subsurface

[The Geological Society @GeolSoc]

How can geology help in achieving the @UN Sustainable Development Goals? We've published a briefing note with @BritGeoSurvey & @Geo_Dev outlining the critical role geoscientists play #SustainableDevelopment #HumanRightsDay https://t.co/838X75UTQj