Matthew Morriss
@rockiceandsnow
Geomorphologist and outdoor enthusiast. Passionate educator and curious soul. Mapping Geologist @ UGS. Posts = my own. his/him pronouns. Author of: Cave records reveal recent origin of North America’s deepest canyon (PNAS)🏳️🌈🥾🧗♂️
Updated! It looks like Salt Lake City may have crested the hottest overnight temperatures but with more hot daytime temps ahead.
I had also asked it to look at the geochemistry of the volcanics through time and you'll see below the webapp that it built to visualize the silica content of different volcanic and intrusives.
I was curious to try @anthropic.com's latest model Fable on data retrieval, analysis and visualization. I tasked it with with pulling data on volcanics and intrusives across the colorado plateau, testing the hypothesis put forward by Best & Brimhall 1974; Tanaka et al. 1986; etc.
I've updated my RiverREM GUI to now work successfully with a custom centerline shapefile. You can find V1.0.1 on github at the link below (for windows only right now) github.com/morrismc/REM... @dpmanchee.bsky.social
If you want to try my tool, which currently is only working on windows, please take a look at my latest v1.0.0 release: github.com/morrismc/REM... everything should be projected in UTM! if you have any issues, please log them on GH! #ClaudeCode @opentopography.org
Relative elevation models are both compelling visualizations of fluvial systems but also frankly useful for geologic mapping of terraces or quantifying zones of potential flood inundation. Several years ago Open Topography coded up an method for using python to make REMs (see below) 🧵
Turns out there have been other years with bad dry spells but we've been riding out a pretty bad one!
Much has been made of our dry winter thus far in the Northern Wasatch. Here's some fun SWE curves from two #SNOTEL sites. Not the worst year YET but not looking good....
distracting myself from the trying moments by vibe coding fun plots
Been a WARM winter in SLC, no appreciable snow at the airport thus far.... thankfully getting some in the mtns.
Winter fully in force here in the #Wasatch Mountains of Northern Utah.
Even when the structure is simple, there's something very satisfying about putting together a geologic cross-section that incorporates well data and outcrop data #fieldgeology #UtahGeoSurvey
Yesterday was a not-so-subtle reminder that winter is a magical season.
Are you an Earth Scientist working on #tectonics or #geomorphology in the #IntermountainWest? Consider submitting to my session at the GSA #RMR meeting in Provo, UT May 2025. Title: Neogene Tectonic Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution in the Intermountain West !
More amazing river data. Relative Elevation Model #REM of the San Juan River thru Bluff Utah, making use of @opentopography.bsky.social 's code. These visualizations and data help me map alluvial units. (opentopography.org/blog/new-pac...)
Had some amazing field geology days earlier in Utah with the #UGS #GeologicMapping Group. Looking at Mesozoic/Paleozoic, and Cenozoic strata all in one day.
Another glorious day in the Wasatch Backcountry. The start to another season of ski touring. Still figuring out how to use Bsky....
As a non-stratigrapher, found a lot of cool stratigraphy in SE Utah while doing field work this week. 1) Jur. Morrisson/ K. Burro canyon contact. 2) Burro Canyon coarse sands. 3) nice quaternary arroyo cut seds. #FieldworkFriday
Take this feeds, feel good photos from trail running in the Uber green wasatch foothills with #haukthewonderdog and friends!
Injecting some fun animals from my run yesterday on the Jordan River Trail into this feed.
When your #eclipse2024 plans get mostly rained out, best to go to Johnson Space Center and check out some SPACE STUFF!
Mapping out totality with traffic patterns #Eclipse2024 #EclipseSolar2024