I am currently part of a project focusing on western USA regional Cenozoic unconformities. We presented some of our results at the 2023 Geological Society of America (GSA Connects 2023) meeting held in Pittsburgh, PA 10/15-18, 2023, but I thought I’d post a brief recap of our presentation below. Our study area lies within western…
Category: Unconformities
Siccar Point: A Day In The Field At Hutton’s Unconformity
Siccar Point is unquestionably one of the most important geological sites in the understanding of geological time. It was here in 1778 that James Hutton, John Playfair, and James Hall contemplated the immensity of time needed to produce vertically oriented rocks overlain by gently-dipping rocks. The concept of geological time is so fundamental to the…