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John Cottle

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Geologist @ UC Santa Barbara | Mountains, rocks & lasers | Director of UCSB Natural Reserve System |πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦πŸ‡Άβ›·οΈπŸ—»πŸ”¬

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Inexplicable! We’re headed to the South Island next week for the fieldtrip portion, so I still have time to convert them…

02.12.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Over the past 10 weeks our β€œGeology of NZ” class has rated various kiwi treats baked by the Cottle whanau. Today the class ranked them. Results are controversial to say the least…

01.12.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Structural, geochronological, and metamorphic discontinuities across the Monashee dΓ©collement, southern British Columbia, Canada The Monashee dΓ©collement (MD) is a crustal-scale shear zone within the southern Omineca belt of the Canadian Cordillera. This structure separates autochthonous Precambrian basement rocks and cover seq...

πŸ“„Just-IN: Structural, geochronological, and metamorphic discontinuities across the Monashee dΓ©collement, southern British Columbia, Canada by Holt et al. @kylelarson.bsky.social @antarctica360.bsky.social
Learn more: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
#Geosky #geochronology #CanadianCordillera

20.10.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we passed our final test for full membership to the republic - scoring and announcing baseball πŸ¦…πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈβšΎοΈ

28.04.2024 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the Laboratory – The Petrochronology Group at University of California, Santa Barbara In this edition of β€œInside the Laboratory,” John Cottle, PhD, a professor of geology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a member of Spectroscopy’s Editorial Advisory Board, disc...

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02.02.2024 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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βš’οΈ New paper re-examining low dispersion ID Lu-Hf geochronology in the Himalaya using in situ methods with @antarctica360.bsky.social and others. Quick summary? - Previously published ID dates appear to reflect mixing of Paleozoic cores and Cenozoic rims: doi.org/10.1016/j.gs...

25.01.2024 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, I’m exhausted, but thrilled that today was a success. Bittersweet that the first GSA session I chaired was honoring my advisor’s early retirement, but so happy to have brought these wonderful folks together and to have completely filled the room all day long!

18.10.2023 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Job Alert! The UC Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System is hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? Come lead this great organization committed to research, education, and environmental stewardship

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10.10.2023 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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