The pages you are about to surf and read do not contain all that can be said.
Every year as we compile the Highlights issue, we aim to collect summaries about
as many of the earth science disciplines as possible. We ask several volunteers
to take breaks from their science, look at the big picture, and offer Geotimes
readers overviews of the big news and trends in their respective fields. It
is a formidable task for writers and editors alike, and the most difficult part
is deciding what to leave out. Such is the richness of the earth sciences.
Fortunately, the Web offers more flexibility, allowing us to tell even more.
These versions of the stories are longer and slightly modified from those in
print. We hope you enjoy these diverse earth science snapshots.
Solid
Earth
Earthquakes
by Susan E. Hough
Volcanoes by Tobias Fischer
Geomorphology by Jeffrey D. Niemann
Structural Geology by Mary Hubbord
Metamorphism by Michael Brown
Igneous Petrology by Allen Glazner
Carbonates by Evan K. Franseen and Katherine A. Giles
Mineralogy by Richard J. Harrison
Limnogeology by Elizabeth H. Gierlowski-Kordesch
Geochemistry by Adam J.R. Kent
Soil Science by Michael J. Singer
Clays by Ray L. Frost
Geoengineering by Allen W. Hatheway
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Resources
Mapping by Kevin M.
Schmidt
Geothermal Energy by John Sass and Wendell Dufield
Hydrogeology by William L. Cunningham and E. Scott Bair
Economic Geology by Neil Phillips
Petroleum Geology by William Almon
Exploration Geophysics by Michael S. Bahorich
Coal Science by Leslie Ruppert
Hydrology by Venkat Lakshmi
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Life
Through Time
Vertebrates
by Donald Prothero
Invertebrates by Warren D. Allmon
Geoarcheaology by Vance T. Holiday
Geomicrobiology by Jan P. Amend
Palynology by Fredrick J. Rich and Gordon D. Wood
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Oceans
and Ice
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceongraphy by Thomas M. Marchitto Jr.
Ocean Drilling Program by Thomas A. Davies
Glaciology by Terence J. Hughes
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Beyond
Earth
Meteorites
by Kevin Righter
Planetary Geology by Martha S. Gilmore
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