Cody Mason
@cosynomad.bsky.social
He/him - Associate Professor of Sedimentary Geology ⛰️ - Living in West Georgia, USA - Playing 🛹s on days off - codycmason.com
Several falls ago, we field-tripped out to Kentucky with students to see these beautiful outcrops of Carboniferous Fort Payne. Here are two perspectives taken with a drone.
Too bad these are ~ 6 hr drive from campus... ⚒️
Too bad these are ~ 6 hr drive from campus... ⚒️
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Several falls ago, we field-tripped out to Kentucky with students to see these beautiful outcrops of Carboniferous Fort Payne. Here are two perspectives taken with a drone.
Too bad these are ~ 6 hr drive from campus... ⚒️
Too bad these are ~ 6 hr drive from campus... ⚒️
Wandering the woods in Manchester VT, and pondering these well-rounded clasts. I’m way above the modern floodplain, and these clasts must be fluvial gravels, not glacial till(?). I wonder how the pre-glacial landscape would have looked? Fun times in fall foliage.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wandering the woods in Manchester VT, and pondering these well-rounded clasts. I’m way above the modern floodplain, and these clasts must be fluvial gravels, not glacial till(?). I wonder how the pre-glacial landscape would have looked? Fun times in fall foliage.
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Some goodies from a trip to the HMNH.
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Some goodies from a trip to the HMNH.
Update on my electrification project:
New heat pump installed! So looking forward to burning less natural gas this winter.
New heat pump installed! So looking forward to burning less natural gas this winter.
September 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Update on my electrification project:
New heat pump installed! So looking forward to burning less natural gas this winter.
New heat pump installed! So looking forward to burning less natural gas this winter.
Came across another picture of my slightly younger self doing fieldwork, somewhere Wild and Scenic, New Mexico. Ca. 2012
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September 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Came across another picture of my slightly younger self doing fieldwork, somewhere Wild and Scenic, New Mexico. Ca. 2012
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A favorite picture of mine, taken by none other than @clasticdetritus.bsky.social
in Panamint Valley, CA, ca. 2014ish ⚒️
in Panamint Valley, CA, ca. 2014ish ⚒️
September 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A favorite picture of mine, taken by none other than @clasticdetritus.bsky.social
in Panamint Valley, CA, ca. 2014ish ⚒️
in Panamint Valley, CA, ca. 2014ish ⚒️
Looking at sands from the subsurface coastal plain, and you just never know what you’ll see.
In related news, I just learned the term “protoconch” or an embryonic snail shell. 🐚
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In related news, I just learned the term “protoconch” or an embryonic snail shell. 🐚
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September 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Looking at sands from the subsurface coastal plain, and you just never know what you’ll see.
In related news, I just learned the term “protoconch” or an embryonic snail shell. 🐚
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In related news, I just learned the term “protoconch” or an embryonic snail shell. 🐚
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I’m 45 now and recently rekindled a life-long passion for skateboarding. Most Saturday mornings I meet up with other middle aged skaters, some academics, and have some fun while getting exercise. One thing that constantly surprises me is how much things hurt when you’re old.
August 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m 45 now and recently rekindled a life-long passion for skateboarding. Most Saturday mornings I meet up with other middle aged skaters, some academics, and have some fun while getting exercise. One thing that constantly surprises me is how much things hurt when you’re old.
The absolute last place on earth I wish to frolick naked is probably Talladega Natl Forest, Alabama.
My clothes-on experiences in the region (Cheaha) have all included bugs literally biting me to death.
My clothes-on experiences in the region (Cheaha) have all included bugs literally biting me to death.
July 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The absolute last place on earth I wish to frolick naked is probably Talladega Natl Forest, Alabama.
My clothes-on experiences in the region (Cheaha) have all included bugs literally biting me to death.
My clothes-on experiences in the region (Cheaha) have all included bugs literally biting me to death.
Check out this beautiful lake-fish 🐠 nest. The fish used its tail to sweep the nest clean, essentially segregating grain sizes; sand piled around the perimeter, gravel in the center, outer margins are fine sands and silty mud. Last night there was a strong wind that modified sands with 🌊 ripples ⚒️
July 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Check out this beautiful lake-fish 🐠 nest. The fish used its tail to sweep the nest clean, essentially segregating grain sizes; sand piled around the perimeter, gravel in the center, outer margins are fine sands and silty mud. Last night there was a strong wind that modified sands with 🌊 ripples ⚒️
doing my best to explain mm rocks on north Peaks Island, Maine to my spouse amid breaks to enjoy spectacular seafood 🦞
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July 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
doing my best to explain mm rocks on north Peaks Island, Maine to my spouse amid breaks to enjoy spectacular seafood 🦞
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Made a quick 3D model of outcrops of early Paleozoic dolostone (Clarendon Springs, according to Rock’d). Hildeen farm, sandwiched between the Taconic and Green Mountains, is a beautiful property once owned by Abraham Lincoln’s son. 🇺🇸 ⚒️
scaniverse.com/scan/cp6t7fo...
scaniverse.com/scan/cp6t7fo...
July 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Made a quick 3D model of outcrops of early Paleozoic dolostone (Clarendon Springs, according to Rock’d). Hildeen farm, sandwiched between the Taconic and Green Mountains, is a beautiful property once owned by Abraham Lincoln’s son. 🇺🇸 ⚒️
scaniverse.com/scan/cp6t7fo...
scaniverse.com/scan/cp6t7fo...
Incredible. Each carved from gypsum between 5-8 thousand years ago! Just *astounding!
June 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Incredible. Each carved from gypsum between 5-8 thousand years ago! Just *astounding!
More amazing antiquities from the Egyptian collections. Some lovely cross bedding in this panel.
June 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
More amazing antiquities from the Egyptian collections. Some lovely cross bedding in this panel.
I’m in Boston doing some cultural things. Loving the ancient art exhibits at the MFA.
June 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’m in Boston doing some cultural things. Loving the ancient art exhibits at the MFA.
Foraged some tasty chanterelles today
May 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Foraged some tasty chanterelles today
The main attraction, of course, was the slightly cloudy north face 🌋⚒️
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May 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The main attraction, of course, was the slightly cloudy north face 🌋⚒️
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Day late but here are some well-exposed faulted lahar deposits near Mt St Helens
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May 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Day late but here are some well-exposed faulted lahar deposits near Mt St Helens
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What are these tiny sand accumulations called, and how do they form?
Working hypothesis: combo of post high tide salt crystallization and aeolian sand transport?
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Working hypothesis: combo of post high tide salt crystallization and aeolian sand transport?
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May 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
What are these tiny sand accumulations called, and how do they form?
Working hypothesis: combo of post high tide salt crystallization and aeolian sand transport?
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Working hypothesis: combo of post high tide salt crystallization and aeolian sand transport?
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Barrier island things
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May 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Barrier island things
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Do any mid-Atlantic or SE US-savvy geologists know of noteworthy outcrops in the coastal plain between Atlanta and Savannah?
I wish to break up the monotony on the way to the real fun, the Golden Isles, aka Georgia's barrier islands. ⚒️
@ichnologist.bsky.social
I wish to break up the monotony on the way to the real fun, the Golden Isles, aka Georgia's barrier islands. ⚒️
@ichnologist.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Do any mid-Atlantic or SE US-savvy geologists know of noteworthy outcrops in the coastal plain between Atlanta and Savannah?
I wish to break up the monotony on the way to the real fun, the Golden Isles, aka Georgia's barrier islands. ⚒️
@ichnologist.bsky.social
I wish to break up the monotony on the way to the real fun, the Golden Isles, aka Georgia's barrier islands. ⚒️
@ichnologist.bsky.social
If you look closely at this terrible picture you will notice at least two male painted buntings and a cardinal on the feeder.
April 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you look closely at this terrible picture you will notice at least two male painted buntings and a cardinal on the feeder.
Things seen on St Simons Island 🏝️
April 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Things seen on St Simons Island 🏝️