Bonus field content: Textbook aeolian dune cross strata that perfectly highlight the importance of true dip vs. apparent dip. Follow this link to explore a fun 3D model of this outcrop (made by @liz--h.bsky.social): skfb.ly/pwZZT

Penn State Geoscience grad students investigating the Permian Capitan Reef in the Guadalupe Mountains, including spectacular reef assemblages, submarine channel complexes, tidally influenced aeolian dunes, and more! 🐚🪸🧽

(and yes I will explain why there are so many colours 🎨)

Hello! If you're interested in vegetation impacts on delta dynamics and stratigraphy, come and watch my @landscapeslive.bsky.social seminar tomorrow (10:00 EST/ 16:00 CEST).

Register (and find future talks!) here: www.landscapeslive.org

Stealing LL's cute little emoji arrangement:
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I'd also like to say a huge thanks to @tim-bird.bsky.social for producing a stunning piece of art to accompany the research. I've been a fan of Tim's graphic novels for many years now, so it was amazing to collaborate with him on this illustration! I love it so much.

Happy to have played a part in this study. Thank you @princessquatris.bsky.social et al for including me! As a non-palaeobiologist I feel like I’ve checked a childhood bucket list item here 🦖🦖🦖🦖

If you’re interested in controls on the dinosaur fossil record, check out our new paper in Current Biology! 🦖

(and yes I should probably revise the figures in my current manuscript drafts to match this aesthetic)

Going home for Christmas means rummaging through your childhood items for a laugh. 14 year old Sinéad did a work experience placement in a university geoscience department, where they let her do triaxial compression experiments, and these are the graphs that 14 year old Sinéad made… Please enjoy 😅

P.S. head to YouTube for fun timelapse videos… youtube.com/@slyster94?s...

Hello!!! It’s been a while. I’ve been busy setting up the new Coastal Landscape Dynamics (CoLD) Group basin at Penn State (I’m now a plumber?!) and running the first experiments in it. Here’s a sneak preview including the very (VERY 😅) preliminary results I showed at #AGU24. More to come!