Lee Allison’s Arizona Geology Blog – Select 2012 Highlights
Selecting highlights from Lee Allison’s Arizona Geology blog of the past year was a daunting task. First, there is the number of blog entries to contend with, 419 and counting. Second, there’s the breadth of topics, ranging broadly from mining, e.g., Potash mine and national park can be compatible (02/03/2012); to AZGS publications and projects, e.g., Geologic mapping priorities 2013 (10/09/2012); to water, wildfires and webtools, e.g., How much water? (05/31/2012). Listed below are representative blogs for the months of 2012.
Lee’s blog is an indispensable venue for communicating topical Earth science stories in Arizona and beyond. For the full suite of blogs, dating back to the 1 January 2007 inaugural blog entry, Arizona lives and dies by its geology, visit Dr. Allison’s Arizona Geology blog at http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/.
- December 1: How old is the Grand Canyon?
- November 11: Arizona potash getting attention
- October 17: Over 60,000 to join in Great Arizona Shakeout
- September 29: New source of geothermal energy in Western U.S.
- August 25: Arizona maxing out Colorado River allocation
- July 22: Major U.S. fires since 2001; Arizona had hottest spot
- June 4: Arizona topo maps now online at National Map
- May 28: Inventory of Arizona mining records
- April 14: SME President to keynote Forum on Geology of Industrial Minerals in Scottsdale
- March 21: Mexico earthquake recorded on AZ broadband seismic network
- February 22: Gov. Brewer’s launch of the Arizona Experience website
- January 30: Arizona mineral production up 11% in 2011, to $8.25 billion
