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Tuesday, 21 October 2014

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[jules' pics] Autumn colours 

James’ Empty Blog [23:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (124 visits) info
Another storm yesterday, and the autumn colours are not going to last much longer. Better blog them while I still can. -- Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 10/21/2014 10:42:00

Bárðarbunga volcano daily update for 21-October-2014 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:35:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (124 visits) info
category→science_technology
 KM
This is the daily update for Bárðarbunga volcano. Largest earthquake today had the magnitude of 5,3. Second largest earthquake had the magnitude of 4,7. The magnitude 5,3 earthquake had the depth of 15,6 km. This suggest that something … Continue reading

Auf Höhlentour mit Penelope Boston 

Mente et Malleo [22:45:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (72 visits) info
category→culture_politics
 US
In diesem Video werden wir von Penelope Boston in eine fremde und bizarre Welt entführt. Eine Welt, die uns auf den ersten Blick an ferne Planeten erinnern mag, und die uns dennoch regelrecht zu Füßen [...]

Warum ist der Himmel blau? 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [21:58:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
category→business

Empathy, Ethics and Bonobos: Distinguished Lecture Tonight at HMNS 

BEYONDbones [21:37:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (116 visits) info
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Why do we have empathy? Why do we rush to another’s aid? Why do we put our arm around others to support them?  Empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans. In his work with [...]

Died This Day: John Scopes 

Palaeoblog [21:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
category→religion
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Image Scopes (Oct. 21, 1970 - Aug. 4, 1900) was an American teacher and geologist who was the defendent in the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial. The trial was to challenge the constitutionality of the Butler Act, [...]

The Core 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [19:46:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
category→business
Jeanine Breaker, Leverhulme Research Fellow, nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise in ein rund 90 m tiefes Bohrloch. und auf eine persönliche Reise zu ihren Motiven, Geowissenschaften zu

XXX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología 

Paleobiologia del Neogen Mediterrani [18:11:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
category→science_technology
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En esta ocasión y con motivo del 30 aniversario de las Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, los integrantes de PaleoNeoMar (Jordi, Rosa y Zain) viajaron hasta Teruel, ciudad en [...]

Volcanic Plumbing at Mid-Ocean Ridges Goes Far Deeper than Thought 

State of the Planet [18:01:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (597 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
New pictures in the journal Nature Geoscience may help resolve a debate about how new crust forms at mid-ocean ridges where earth’s tectonic plates are slowly pulling

Oklahoma earthquakes very active in the mid to low 3's 

Ontario-geofish [17:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
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Ha!  This is a meaningless post, but I do it to keep awake on Oklahoma.  This type of activity goes back 6 months, the more modern thing was activity in the high 3's.  Boring!  The only other geological [...]

Seven Hills of Seattle 

New Stories in Stone [16:26:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (74 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
“Seattle’s hills have been its pride and they have been its problem; ... [ continue

Geosonnet 15 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [15:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (105 visits) info
category→recreation
 Neogene
The ants which scuttle by between our toes Dissolve the min’rals of the Earth we tread The calcic feldspar, slipped under their nose Ten trillion insects weather, pit, and shred. The Himalayan mountains [...]

Monday dispatches from GSA: Vancouver 

Highly Allochthonous [14:30:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (62 visits) info
category→recreation
 CA
The arrival of the long-threatened rain did not dampen lots of cool science.. Continue reading

Thalassinoides saxonicus (Geinitz) 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [13:43:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (29 visits) info
Spurenkomplex aus Göhler, 2011, - Cenoman, unteres Obercenoman (Oberhäslich-Formation) - Ort: ehemaliger Sandsteinbruch am Fuchshübel, Tharandter

Naturstein-Terrassen überdachen 

Natursteine-Blog [10:23:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
category→business
So lässt sich das Wetter zu jeder Jahreszeit genießen Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter – die Schönheit der Natur lässt sich am besten draußen im Freien genießen. Sei es [...]

Klima wandelt. 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [08:57:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (47 visits) info
category→business
 DE
Der Geologische Dienst NRW zeigt eine neue Ausstellung: Wann: 26.10.

October 21, 2014 

Geology.com News [08:10:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (94 visits) info
category→recreation
 US,CA
The Big US Oil GlutTheHill.com Canada: Oil and Gas ReportEnergy Information Administration Living in the Shadow of Mauna LoaEarth Magazine Mangroves Protecting Corals from Climate ChangeUnited States [...]

Sunday dispatches from GSA: Vancouver 

Highly Allochthonous [07:22:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (75 visits) info
category→recreation
View the story “GSA Day 1″ on

Mine Water Management: EduMine Webcasts and InfoMine Conferences. 

I think mining [04:57:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
category→recreation
 CA
This year I have visited at least sixteen tailings facilities from the far north of Canada to the far south of Chile.  Mainly I was there to see about the state, safety, and ongoing operation of the [...]

Bárðarbunga volcano Monday update on 20-October-2014 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [02:59:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (610 visits) info
category→science_technology
I am sorry for this late update. I was working on my server computer. More details at the end of this article. Overview of weekend (18 – 19-October-2014) activity in Bárðarbunga volcano Strongest [...]

Geologizing in the Realm of the Beast 

History of Geology [22:04:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
category→religion
 CA,FR
September 8, 1762 the young son of the Yolle‘s, herding the flock of sheep, disappeared near the village of Laval in the province of Dauphiné (France). Only the poor remains of the boy, partially eaten [...]

The Diminution of Fairham Brook 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [21:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
category→business
Leverhulme Research Fellow Jeanine Breaker und Dr Nick Riley demonstrieren an einem Bodenprofil des Keyworth Meadows Naturschutzgebietes, wie sehr die Landnutzung den Boden

Bob Bakker: Kung Fu Stegosaurs 

Palaeoblog [21:32:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (78 visits) info
category→science_technology
 Jurassic
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Stegosaurian Martial Arts: A Jurassic Carnivore Stabbed by a Tail Spike, Evidence for Dynamic Interactions between a Live Herbivore and a Live Predator. Robert Bakker, et al. GSA, 2014 Stegosaurs might be [...]

POTD October 21, 2014: Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [20:47:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (58 visits) info
category→recreation
 Jurassic; US,NL
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2013 Iron concretions from the Navajo Sandstone, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, [...]

Standing on the San Andreas Fault 

Magma Cum Laude [18:25:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (103 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
Having just arrived in California and still in the process of unpacking boxes in my apartment, I decided the most productive thing to do was go on a hike. Silicon Valley is near a lot of Open Space Preserves [...]

Meteorite Impact May Have Triggered Largest Pulse Of Deccan Basalt Eruptions 

Reporting on a Revolution [18:03:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (146 visits) info
category→science_technology
What caused the mass extinction 65 million years ago? a) It was a meteorite impact and the resulting environmental crises. b) No,  it was the Deccan basalt eruptions and the resulting environmental crises. [...]

Experimental Lakes Area Study Charts Estrogen’s Negative Effects On Freshwater Ecosystems 

Lake Scientist [17:43:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (85 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
Lakes take a lot of pollution from areas surrounding them, including runoff from farms, city streets or mining activities. One investigation, a statewide study looking at Minnesota lakes, charted [...]

Mauna Loa Priming For Eruption 

Volcano Science And News Blog [17:14:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US,KM
Mauna Loa Priming For EruptionHawaii’s largest volcano, Mauna Loa, is priming for eruption according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). A statement from HVO says the following:“MAUNA LOA VOLCANO [...]

I’m on TV!! 

GeoSphere [16:08:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
category→science_technology
About a year ago I was asked to appear as a guest on a kids television show about rocks and minerals called Finding Stuff Out. I was asked to come an talk about rocks, minerals, geology in general... [[ This [...]

Identifying minerals in the dark! 

Earth Learning Idea [14:31:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (95 visits) info
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Have you tried 'Identifying minerals – use your sense(s)! Minerals in the dark: identifying minerals when the lights fail'  In this activity, pupils use their senses other than sight to enable them to [...]

La diversidad de titanosaurios de la Península Ibérica en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [14:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
category→science_technology
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Una de las comunicaciones orales presentadas en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP trataba de actualizar la situación referente a las faunas de titanosaurios existentes en el Cretácico Superior español, y recalcar [...]

Thalassinoides saxonicus (Geinitz) 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [13:43:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (21 visits) info
Spurenkomplex aus Göhler, 2011, - Cenoman, unteres Obercenoman (Oberhäslich-Formation) - Ort: ehemaliger Sandsteinbruch am Fuchshübel, Tharandter

Tutorial 29, Appendix A: good, bad and ugly titles of Mike’s papers 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [09:39:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
In light of yesterday’s tutorial on choosing titles, here are the titles of all my own published papers (including co-authored ones), in chronological order, with my own sense of whether I’m happy [...]

Variadito II 

Koprolitos [08:32:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
category→recreation
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La utilización del papel japonés para la estabilización del holotipo de Concavenator en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
category→science_technology
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Otro de los pósters presentados en la sesión de la tarde del viernes de las XXX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología que se celebraron en Teruel fue el trabajo "Utilización del papel [...]

"Head Smashed In"... um, sounds like a great place to visit... 

Geotripper [06:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (591 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 UM
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The High Plains have their quiet times. Sure, there are the vicious winter storms,  the days when the wind blows hard, and the summer thunderstorms. But other times the wind may be just a light breeze through [...]

Woodworthia arizonica Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [03:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
category→recreation
 Triassic; US
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While touring the Natural History section of the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park (1300 N. College Ave, Tempe Arizona 85281) I saw fossil specimen (AHS-NH#11646) from Chinle Formation of [...]

There’s a Partial Solar Eclipse Happening October 23: Here’s what you need to know to see it! 

BEYONDbones [02:00:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
  There’s a partial solar eclipse happening Thursday, October 23 and you can see it all from Houston*!  The New Moon of Thursday, October 23, 2014, aligns with the Sun and the Earth well enough to [...]
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