Famous Geoscientists
French naturalist known as the “father of paleontology”
Who is Georges Cuvier?
The type of fault occurs when the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall
What is a Normal Fault?
This landform is the subject of many natural disaster movies featuring earthquakes
What is the San Andreas Fault?
Also known as “Apache tears”
What is Obsidian?
The species of the famous dinosaur “Stan”
What is a Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Known for her pioneering contributions to seafloor mapping
Who is Marie Tharp?
This type of debris flow is composed of pyroclastic material, rocky debris, and water
What is a Lahar?
A depression in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer
What is a sinkhole?
Chalcopyrite, Bornite, and Malachite are all primary ores of this
What is Copper?
This Marvel superhero is known for his orange rock-like skin
Who is Thing?
Known for her contributions to paleontology, especially marine reptiles
Who is Mary Anning?
The largest and most violent type of volcanic eruption
What is a Plinian eruption?
Known for the disembarkation site of the Mayflower Pilgrims
What is the Plymouth Rock?
The hardness of Orthoclase on the Mohs Hardness Scale
This scientific instrument produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons
What is a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)?
Naturalist and wilderness preservationist known as the “Father of the National Parks”
Who is John Muir?
A form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow
What is Sleet?
Scottish location known for Hutton’s Unconformity
What is Siccar Point?
Thin, iridescent, opal-like aragonite shell material that has become popular as a gemstone
What is Ammolite?
The highest mountain peak in North America
What is Denali (Mount McKinley)?
Best known for his exploration of the upper Colorado River and the Grand Canyon
Who is John Wesley Powell?
A temporary disturbance of the Earth’s magnetosphere caused by a solar wind shock wave
What is a Geomagnetic storm?
This is the nickname of the largest free-standing table rock formation east of the Mississippi River located outside of Shoals, Indiana
What is the Jugrock?
The famous White Cliffs of Dover consist of this rock
What is (white) chalk?
The astronaut that received his BS and MS in geology/geophysics from Purdue
Who is Andrew Feustel?