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Sunday, 03 March 2013
Home Over Florida Sinkhole Demolished
Last week a sinkhole opened beneath a home in Florida while the occupants were sleeping. One man’s bed fell into the sink and the efforts of family and rescue workers were not successful in retrieving him. Now he is presumed dead and demolition equipment is there to remove the structure while the sinkhole continues to
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Hawai’i!
So, the next few weeks are going to be quite hectic for me, but the reason is nothing to complain about: we’re off to Hawai’i. No, this isn’t a vacation, but rather our annual Geosciences Department Spring Break field trip,cartoDB and Leaflet: consuming the table or part two
In our first post we concentrated on the creation of a tabkle in leaflet and simple ways to adminster our data and to embed the map in a webpage. Today we will consume only the table with Leaflet. Let’s [...]Arte icnológico
Northern Arizona uranium mine proposed on State Trust Lands
Highest Crude Production in 20 Years
“U.S. crude oil production exceeded an average 7 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in November and December 2012, the highest volume since December 1992.” Quoted from the Energy Information [...]cf. Spathites revelieranus (Courtiller, 1860)
, (älteres Synonym: Mammites binicostatum) Bildbreite: etwa 15cm - Turon, unteres Turon (Brießnitz-Formation) - Ort: Brücke über den Gebergrund (A17),Faziesstück
Faziesstück, gedrückte Schwammlagen + Steinkern von Exogyra sp.; Bildbreite: 25cm - Cenoman, oberes Cenoman (Dölzschen-Formation) - Ort: Brücke über das Müglitztal (A17),unbestimmt
, unbestimmt - Coniac, unteres-mittleres Coniac (Schrammstein-Formation, Zatschke-Mergel) - Ort: Brücke über den Bonnewitzer Grund (S177), Pirna-Bonnewitz (Sächsischeunbestimmte "Pecte"
unbestimmte "Pecte", Bildbreite etwa 5cm - Cenoman, oberes Cenoman (Dölzschen-Formation) - Ort: Autobahnhalde (A17),Favosites Growing on Crinoid Stem
Geo-Quiz of the Week: General Geology III
This week's Geo-Whiz Quiz is another no-holds-barred, mixed-martial-arts General Geology Quiz that only the most polymathic of geophiles will master! Show us your wide intellectual range and your imperturbable [...]Chlamys sp.
Abdruck im groben Sandstein, - Turon, unteres Turon (Schmilka-Formation) - Ort: Obere Kirchleite bei Königstein, SächsischeLava Oceans on Mercury?
“Scientists at MIT have proposed that Mercury may have harbored a large, roiling ocean of magma very early in its history, shortly after its formation about 4.5 billion years ago.” Quoted from the [...]Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: More bryozoan etchings and an African slug surprise
This is the inside of a modern cockle shell (Dinocardium vanhyningi) found on a beach in Wilmington, North Carolina. Across the surface is a radiating series of pits, each of which was formed under a zooid of [...]Huntington Beach Baseball
Today was the first official baseball game my third grandson has played. In the bright sunshine of a green field, he and the rest of the five- to seven-year olds who have practiced for a month or two, [...]Volcanic Aerosols Are Mitigating Climate Change (some)
Helicoprion, el misterio del tiburon con dientes en espiral.
Faces of Earth Videos
The American Geosciences Institute has posted four “Faces of Earth” videos on their YouTube channel. Check themDeep earthquake swarm in Tungafellsjökull volcano
Today (03.03.2013) between 13:19 UTC and to 13:21 UTC a deep earthquake swarm took place in a volcano named Tungnafellsjökull. This was a minor earthquake swarm, with the largest earthquake having magnitude [...]Daily Geology Photos – March 3
A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 72 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos [...]"Apporhais"
"Apporhais", unvollständig, daher wohl unbestimmbar - Coniac, unteres-mittleres Coniac (Schrammstein-Formation, Zatzschke-Mergel) - Ort: Brücke über den Bonnewitzer Grund (S177), Pirna-Bonnewitz [...]Cidaris vesiculosa Goldfuss
Handstück mit Seeigelstacheln, - Cenoman, oberes Cenoman (Dölzschen-Formation) - Ort: Hoher Stein,Micro-Sub in a Buried Antarctic Lake
This video shows how a NASA micro-sub was deployed 2000 feet down a borehole to investigate one of the subglacial lakes inUn día en Somosaguas: Gomphotherium
Twin M2.7 earthquakes Alabama
Third Van Allen Belt Discovered
“Since their discovery over 50 years ago, the Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts have been considered to consist of two distinct zones of trapped, highly energetic charged particles.” The [...]The Recapture Creek sauropod: the reveal
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