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Saturday, 11 August 2018

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Earthquake swarm on Reykjanes peninsula (close to Hengill volcano) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [20:14:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
Today (11-August-2018) there has been a earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes Peninsula close to Hengill volcano (but not in that volcano system). This earthquake swarm is currently ongoing and largest earthquake so far has had a magnitude of 2,6. The … Continue reading →

13th to 19th August 2018 

Geology in the West Country [16:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
NEXT WEEKS EVENTS 13TH TO 19TH AUGUST 2018 THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM BRISTOL AND WEST COUNTRY GEOLOGY CALENDARS MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BRISTOL AND THE WEST COUNTRY CALENDARS AND ON THE WEB SITES OF THE RELEVANT SOCIETY OR ORGANISATION. MENDIP HILLS AONB HAVE A SERIES OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE ONLY RECENTLY COME TO MY NOTICE. THEY CAN BE DISCOVERED HERE. I HAVE INSERTED SOME OF THEM BELOW. VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR BOOKING DETAILS. MONDAY 13TH Teme Valley Geological [...]

Have you heard of the Meghalyan? 

Geology in the West Country [16:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
Anthropocene vs Meghalayan You may have heard of the Anthropocene being proposed as a geological time period. But the IUGS (the International Union of Geological Sciences) is having none of that. They say we [...]

How to date a landslide 

Geology in the West Country [16:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
Correlating Landslides and Earthquakes in Cascadia HERE is a longish article about how to date landslides and see whether the landslides are caused by earthquakes. And so far they have not found a landslide [...]

Down to Earth Extra - August 

Geology in the West Country [15:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (72 visits) info
Down to Earth Extra - August

Lombok: Erdbeben hat Insel angehoben 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:18:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (206 visits) info
Nach der Erdbebenserie auf der indonesischen Insel Lombok, haben Forscher des USGS und der NASA Bodendeformation registriert. Sie untersuchten Satellitenbilder und stellten fest, dass sich der Boden nahe des [...]

Origin of animals backdated 

Geology in the West Country [16:20:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (56 visits) info
First Animal Found in Ediacaran? Stromatoveris psygmoglena is a soft bodied animal found in the Cambrian. Recently many well preserved examples have been found in China. The author of THIS ARTICLE examined [...]

Kilauea eruption slowing down? 

Geology in the West Country [15:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (57 visits) info
Kilauea Eruption Slowing Down? It might be - or perhaps not. Read the speculation HERE. Lava weakly bubbles from Kīlauea’s fissure 8, a significant change from the voluminous lava fountains that had [...]

"Mi querido Brontosaurus", nueva entrega del podcast de Koprolitos 

Koprolitos [12:58:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
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No sabemos muy bien por qué, pero el podcast de Koprolitos parece que está vivo. Nadie lo había pedido, pero en una arriesgada maniobra para acercar la paleontología de trazo gordo al gran público, [...]

Mecochirus longimanatus Claw Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [05:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
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Mecochirus longimanatus crustacean claw fossil found at Eichstätt, Germany. The fossil dates to the Jurassic Period. Fossil on display at American Museum of Natural History in New York City,
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