There is a pattern that is often repeated in any conversation about geology. The word is mentioned and the immediate, almost automatic reaction is to think of illegal mining or the last tremor. Rarely does one think about what is under our feet the rest of the time, in the vast majority of days when the earth does not move or come out on the news. After a while working closely with geologists, translating their work for a general public, that re…
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There is a pattern that is often repeated in any conversation about geology. The word is mentioned and the immediate, almost automatic reaction is to think of illegal mining or the last tremor. Rarely does one think about what is under our feet the rest of the time, in the vast majority of days when the earth does not move or come out on the news. After a while working closely with geologists, translating their work for a general public, that re…