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Tucson-based Mintec acquired by Hexagon 

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Mintec, Inc., announced that Hexagon AB, a leading provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies, has of today entered into an agreement to acquire the company, a resource modeling, optimization, mine planning and scheduling software developer for the mining industry. "Headquartered in Tucson, AZ, USA, Mintec has with its 232 employees grown into a global network of

This Week's Geo-Quiz: Plate Tectonics 

About Geology [18:06:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info
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Over 200 years ago, we began to glimpse the outlines of the great engine that sculpts and maintains the Earth as we know and love it. It took a century and a half to come up with a paradigm—a body of theory and worldview—that we could sink our teeth into: plate tectonics. Today the general public is familiar with the basics of plates. But this quiz gets into the deep details that only a Geo-Whiz has mastered. Could you be one? Give the quiz a

Born This Day: Willi Hennig 

Palaeoblog [17:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (81 visits) info
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From the Willi Hennig Society : Hennig (April 20, 1913 – Nov. 5, 1976) is best known for developing phylogenetic systematics,  a coherent theory of the investigation and presentation of the  relations [...]

Died This Day: Robert Armstrong 

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Armstrong (Nov. 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) took Fay Wray to Skull Island in 1933. He returned later the same year to find The Son of Kong, only to lose him as the island sank, as these things are prone to [...]

A 10K run into the Eocene of the Negev 

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 Paleogene
MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Yoav and I had a long hike today into the Eocene succession of rock units in the northern Negev. We wanted to look especially at the Horsha Formation (Eocene, Lutetian) because it [...]

LNG as a Railroad Fuel? 

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Continued growth in domestic natural gas production, along with substantially lower natural gas spot prices compared to crude oil, is reshaping the U.S. energy economy and attracting considerable interest in [...]

What Causes A Blood Moon? 

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A short post on the National Science Foundation website explains what causes the red color of a blood moon and why the color varies from eclipse to

$700,000 to Prop Up a Small Landslide? 

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A landslide in Jackson, Wyoming, that so far has been moving slowly, is threatening a Walgreens, utility service for a large part of the city, and a number of residents. A favored solution to slowing the slide [...]

Rising Natural Gas Prices in Ontario 

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An article in the Toronto Star explains how homeowners in Ontario are seeing a rapid rise in their natural gas heating

Felices Pascuas les desea Grupo Paleo. 

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Los zodiacos mesozoicos de Isis Masshiro 

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El ilustrador finlandés Isis Masshiro es una apasionado de la cultura oriental y del cómic manga en particular. En su galería de DeviantArt podemos encontrar sus propias reinterpretaciones del horóscopo [...]

Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: A scleractinian coral and its tube-dwelling symbionts (Middle Jurassic of Israel) 

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 Jurassic; IL
I have a weakness for the beautiful scleractinian corals of the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian-Oxfordian) of southern Israel. This particular specimen is Microsolena aff. M. sadeki from locality [...]

Chemical Valley and the Power of the Coal Mining Industry 

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At this link is a New Yorker article that I read today.  Read it and no comment from me is needed.  It tells of the dark side of mining coal and the Republican corruption and blindness that is West [...]

TENGO 48 AÑOS... 

episcophagus [00:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (57 visits) info
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... y ya hace cuatro que abrí esta bitácora. Esta semana le he echado un ojo a ese tiempo. O, mejor dicho, me he echado un ojo durante ese tiempo. Y voy a echarme flores, que hacerlo una vez al año es un [...]

Born This Day: Sir William Logan 

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 Ordovician; GB,CA
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From Today in Science History: Logan (April 20, 1798 – June 22, 1875) was a Canadian geologist dubbed the "Father of Canadian Geology." He began is career making geologic maps of coalfields in [...]

At The Cutting Edge of Science 

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The information that is gathered during these marine geoscience expeditions contributes hugely to our knowledge and understanding of how the Earth [...]

Helium and Volcanoes 

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Helium is one of the most interesting elements. Erik Klemetti explains how helium emissions in volcanic areas might help understand what is happening below. Related: What is

A New Moon Forming in the Rings of Saturn? 

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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon, and may also provide clues to the formation of the planet’s known [...]

No Ban on Exporting Refined Products 

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Although there are currently very tight controls (not quite a ban) on the export of crude oil, companies in the United States are exporting increasing amounts of refined products. Thousands of barrels per

Award Winning Photos of Comet ISON 

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Seven photographers from around the globe received awards for their stunning images of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) at the Northeast Astronomy Forum held at Rockland Community College. Quoted from the National [...]

Independents Outweigh Majors by 5 to 1 

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An article on the FuelFix website gives examples of how the shale plays have been grabbed and held mainly by small to medium-size oil

Dia del Originario Americano. 

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Vernal Fall in Yosemite and a Sense of Scale (or, How to Feel Very Small) 

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It's a sense of scale that helps us keep perspective. I was at Washburn Point in Yosemite National Park today, and I took a few shots with the zoom of the same spot across the way. We have a bunch of people [...]

Kinder Morgan permits 5 wells in St Johns CO2 field 

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The Arizona Oil & Gas Conservation Commission approved permits (#1189-1193) to Kinder Morgan CO2 Co. for 5 wells to develop the St. John's carbon dioxide field in eastern Arizona. Kinder Morgan plans on [...]

Attention, jewelry lovers: Glam up with new designers at our Museum Store! 

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Spring is a great time to refresh your look and we’ve got some new lines in the Museum Store just in time to help!   ax + apple Jamie Lyn of ax + apple dabbled in almost every possible visual [...]
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