Category: Geology
Report on Summer 2016 Stoa Work
Our goals for summer 2016 Our main goal for “Team Stoa” this summer was to relocate and identify, map, rock-type, and record as many of the 2,400+ blocks listed in the Stoa database on filemaker. In the field, we used the block charts created in 1991 to aid in our quest to locate the actual…
Samothrace – “The Crust of the Earth”
Samothrace has a variety of rocks that were used by the ancient Greeks in their construction, including in the “Sanctuary of the Great Gods”. The origin of these rocks reflects the sometime violent history of the island. The southern margin is truncated by the long-active Anatolian Fault. Major earthquakes and vertical upheaval of the sea…
Getting Stoned
Acid testing is crucial for identifying various stone types in the field. Often, rocks look the same, but are quite different.