Sharm el Sheikh: Paradise in the South Sinai Peninsula
Last week, I spent seven days lounging around a beach resort, some 75 km from St. Catherine’s Monastery and the traditional birthplace of the Mosaic law, while staring across the Gulf of […]
Last week, I spent seven days lounging around a beach resort, some 75 km from St. Catherine’s Monastery and the traditional birthplace of the Mosaic law, while staring across the Gulf of […]
How is it that certain sedimentary rock layers can be traced for hundreds to thousands of miles across large continents, unless these land masses were once covered by a global flood? Perhaps you never […]
The Grand Canyon is well known for its remarkably horizontal layers, especially as viewed from the rim. But venturing outside of this National Park (or even down into the canyon), you’ll […]
In the last post, we explored how geologists use chemostratigraphy to correlate sedimentary layers, especially limestone, from one part of the world to another. Now, I would like to provide […]
It all began with breakfast in the park.Years ago, when I was in the middle of writing my master’s thesis, I took my then future wife on a trip to […]
Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dissolve a large cavern out of solid rock? Let’s start simple. Perhaps you have visited a cave in the past or […]
If you never had the chance to see dinosaur tracks in person, I strongly suggest that you find a way. Such imprints convey an erie sense of reality that is […]