Marcia Bjornerud

Marcia Bjornerud

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    Illustration of a Klippe rock formation Marcia Bjornerud on Geopedia Geopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries—from Acasta gneiss to Zircon—this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will d... Read More
    Sedimentary strata Marcia Bjornerud on Grandmothers of Geoscience Marcia Bjornerud, professor of geology and environmental studies at Lawrence University, reflects on the mantle, “The Grandmother of Geoscience.” Read More
    Marcia Bjornerud Marcia Bjornerud on Timefulness Our everyday lives are shaped by processes that vastly predate us, and our habits will in turn have consequences that will outlast us by generations. Timefulness reveals how knowing the rhythms of Earth’s deep past and conceiving of time as a geolog... Read More