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Saturday, 31 January 2015

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The Mt Polley Domino Theory 

I think mining [19:57:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
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Last night we played dominos.  Somebody remarked that the failure of the Mt Polley tailings facility was like a line of dominos standing on end and all lined up: push the first one over and it topples the next one that knocks over the next, until they all fall down and flow to Hazeltine Creek.

Buon 7° Compleanno, Theropoda! 

Theropoda [19:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (169 visits) info
Buon Settimo Compleanno alla più utile azione futile della mia vita!Con oltre 1500 post, con quasi un milione e mezzo di visualizzazioni da tutto il mondo, con quasi diecimila commenti pubblicati, con il posizionamento stabile tra i primi 100 blog in lingua italiana (fonte BlogItalia, dato del 25 Gennaio 2015), con un numero imprecisato di citazioni e riferimenti da parte di altri blog, siti e

Record rain fills rivers and washes in Tucson area 

Arizona Geology [18:22:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
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Anti-Terror Terror 

Ontario-geofish [17:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (145 visits) info

 CA,SY
Article Let's fight this as we did all the other crap limiting the Internet and such.  Where is Geist?  Has he become too comfy on all his earnings?  We need him. All of this can be handled under existing [...]

L'Isona tufa mount complex. 1a part: els Estanys de Basturs (Pallars Jussà) 

Bloc de camp [15:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
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És molt probable que hagis estat o hagis sentit a parlar dels Estanys de Basturs (al municipi d'Isona-Conca Dellà). En un país escàs de zones humides aquests petits estanyols sovint es citen com exemple de [...]

El maravilloso Museo de Historia Natural de los artistas franceses Zim & Zou. 

Tierra de Dinosaurios [14:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
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Para los escaparates de tienda de la marca Hermès de Shanghái los artistas Zim & Zou crearon varias escenas de un maravilloso Museo de Historia Natural mezclado con un Gabinete de Curiosidades. [...]

Twenty-five sonnets over 4 billion years 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [13:58:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (123 visits) info
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For the last 6 months, I’ve been summarizing research articles from the high profile academic journal Geology in sonnet form; trying to distill the artistic meaning of the research, be it the methodology or [...]

New Texas Injection Zone 

Ontario-geofish [13:36:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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I told you it would happen again.  The idiot son decides to mix in surface water (fracking waste) into the salt water injection well, and we get another series of earthquakes. Right now these are poorly [...]

One of California's Most Precious and Endangered Ecosystems: Riparian Oak Woodlands 

Geotripper [09:21:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
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Sunset at Caswell Memorial State Park Ask people who know California what ecosystem has declined in area by more than 90%, and chances are they will answer "the Redwood forests". And they would be [...]

Mt Polley Factor of Safety 

I think mining [02:00:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (188 visits) info
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Still ploughing through the main report and many appendices.  The report focuses on the role of the foundation clays in initiating failure and even Bill Bennett has said this was the cause.  In the few [...]

We're #1! - Arizona top mining state again 

Arizona Geology [17:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
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The Super Bowl in Phoenix tomorrow may be getting most of the attention this week but in the mining industry, Arizona just moved into the championship role. Arizona is the #1 mineral-producing state [...]

New paleoseismology papers 

paleoseismicity.org [16:27:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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 Quaternary; IT
It’s been a while since the last update on paleoseismology literature. BSSA’s latest issue has some interesting studies that you should check, and there’s even more to discover. Also, there [...]

Feb 5th - Bath Geological Society AGM and Earthquakes in Asia 

Geology in the West Country [15:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (200 visits) info
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Bath Geological Society Annual General Meeting 7.00 p.m. followed by the lecture at 7.30p.m.Searching for ancient earthquakes in the interior of AsiaDr. Richard Walker, Dept. Earth Sciences, University of [...]

Archaeology And Paleontology 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [14:31:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info
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Hey all, you may be wondering why I’ve been so absent the last few weeks. I’ve been raising funds to perform a field study on the abandoned settlements of Utah. Most of my focus has been on my [...]

Yet more blue skies! 

James’ Empty Blog [13:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (107 visits) info
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Continuing the snowy theme.... It might appear a strangely familiar scene to my regular blog reader. Yes, jules and I are back in Japan, but it's only a visit this time, to our friend and colleagues in [...]

Going Green (Infrastructure): Opportunities to join Anne’s research group 

Highly Allochthonous [12:51:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (139 visits) info
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I’m thrilled to announce that my research group will be expanding this summer. I’ve received a couple of pieces of funding that enable me to continue and expand the work I’ve been doing [...]

Amazing Animals, Breathtaking Photography on Display Now at HMNS in Wildlife Photographer of the Exhibit 

BEYONDbones [03:00:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
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 GB,US
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is honored to again host the breathtaking beauty captured in Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Founded in 1964 and organized by the Natural History Museum and BBC [...]
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